For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them (A)and made them (B)like the dust at threshing.

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Judgment on the Nations

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of (A)Damascus, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have (B)threshed Gilead with implements of iron.

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Death of Jehu

32 In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel; and (A)Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel

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14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For (A)the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

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15 “Behold, (A)I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth;
You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small,
And make the hills like chaff.
16 You shall (B)winnow them, the wind shall carry them away,
And the whirlwind shall scatter them;
You shall rejoice in the Lord,
And (C)glory in the Holy One of Israel.

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“Who raised up one (A)from the east?
Who in righteousness called him to His feet?
Who (B)gave the nations before him,
And made him rule over kings?
Who gave them as the dust to his sword,
As driven stubble to his bow?

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Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them!

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42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I (A)cast them out like dirt in the streets.

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12 And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?”

He answered, “Because I know (A)the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you (B)will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”

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27 And the children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and they went against them. Now the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Syrians filled the (A)countryside.

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15 Then he mustered the young leaders of the provinces, and there were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he mustered all the people, all the children of Israel—seven thousand.

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19 Now (A)there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.” 20 But all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle; 21 and the charge for a sharpening was a [a]pim for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads. 22 So it came about, on the day of battle, that (B)there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan. But they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son.

23 (C)And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:21 About two-thirds shekel weight

15 Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of [a]Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, (A)about six hundred men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:15 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. add And the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the people who fought against them, going from Gilgal to Gibeah in the hill of Benjamin.

When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people (A)hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits. And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the (B)land of Gad and Gilead.

As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

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