Lexicon :: Strong's H2426 - ḥayil

When Toi king of Hamath heard about David’s defeat of all the forces of Hadadezer,

Then the king of Assyria sent [fn]the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rabshakeh [his highest officials] with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem, and when they went up and arrived, they stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the road of the Fuller’s Field.

When Tou king of Hamath heard how David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

Then it happened at the end of the year, [fn]at the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged and devastated the land of the Ammonites, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem [with Bathsheba]. Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Aram (Syria) and did not rely on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram (Syria) has escaped out of your hand.

Now it happened at the end of the year, that the army of Aram (Syria) went up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

He crushes [his prey] and crouches;

And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.

“May peace be within your walls

And prosperity within your palaces.”

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city;

He sets up salvation as walls and ramparts.

The LORD determined to lay in ruins

The [city] wall of the Daughter of Zion.

He has stretched out a line,

He has not stopped His hand from destroying.

He has caused the rampart and the wall to lament (mourn in grief);

They have languished together.

The LORD utters His voice before His army,

For His camp is very great,

Because strong and powerful is he who [obediently] carries out His word.

For the day of the LORD is indeed great and very terrible [causing dread];

Who can endure it?

And the exiles of this host of the sons (descendants) of Israel

Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,

And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in [fn]Sepharad

Shall possess the cities of the Negev.

Are you better than [fn]Thebes,

Which was situated by the waters of the Nile,

With water surrounding her,

Whose defense was the sea (the Nile),

Whose wall consisted of the sea?