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2 Samuel 8:4

WEB

4David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for one hundred chariots.

KJV

4And 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.

BSB

4[+] 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.

FBV

4David captured from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses—except he saved enough for 100 chariots.

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Extra References

Joshua 11:6

6The LORD said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”

Joshua 11:9

9Joshua did to them as the LORD told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

1 Kings 10:26

26Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen. He kept them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

Psalms 20:7

7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

1 Chronicles 18:4

4David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them enough for one hundred chariots.

Psalms 33:16-17

16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

Deuteronomy 17:16

16Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because the LORD has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”