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 6:32

6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. ⁴  The king ⁵  sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, ⁶  Elisha ⁷  said to the leaders, ⁸  “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?” ⁹  Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.” ¹⁰ 

[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.”

[6:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”

[6:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”

[6:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “elders.”

[6:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”

[6:32]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”