2 Samuel 8:4
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And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
In other translations
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
Hebrew words
וַיִּלְכֹּדvaiyilkodand he capturedH3920דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732מִמֶּנּוּmimenufrom himH4480אֶלֶף'elefone thousandH505וּשְׁבַע־usheva'-and sevenH7651מֵאוֹתme'othundred<s>H3967פָּרָשִׁיםparashimhorsemenH6571וְעֶשְׂרִיםve'esrimand twentyH6242אֶלֶף'elefthousandH505אִישׁ'ishmanH376רַגְלִיraglion footH7273וַיְעַקֵּרvay'akerand he hamstrungH6131דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הָרֶכֶבharekhevthe chariotryH7393וַיּוֹתֵרvaiyoterand he leftH3498מִמֶּנּוּmimenuof itH4480מֵאָהme'ahone hundredH3967רָכֶב׃rakhevchariot[s]H7393
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Related verses
- Joshua 11:6And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
- Joshua 11:9And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
- Psalm 20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Psalm 33:16-1716 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.16 No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
- Deuteronomy 17:16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- 1 Kings 10:26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
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People: David