Hosea 10:14

"Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shallam destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children."

"A tumult shall arise ..." This is a reference to the terrors of war which are to come upon the people and overwhelm them, specifically, the invasion of the Assyrians.

"All thy fortresses ..." None shall stand; all alike shall be overthrown.

"Shallam destroyed Beth-arbel ..." Both the name of the ruler and the location of the battle mentioned are totally unknown. Butler thought it referred to an invasion of Sennacherib; but that came at a time later than this prophecy. Hindley believed that it might have been "Salamanu, king of Moab, the location of Beth-arbel being unknown, probably annihilated."[22] The type of brutal slaughter mentioned was not an uncommon thing at all in the culture of that era; and the point of Hosea's reference here derives from the fact that the brutal instance cited was well-known to the Israelites at that time.