2 Kings 13:7

13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left ¹  except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops ²  and trampled on them like dust. ³ 

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ⁴  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ⁵  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ⁶  and horsemen of Israel!” ⁷ 

[13:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.

[13:7]  ² tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.

[13:7]  ³ tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ⁶ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ⁷ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.