Treasury of Scripture
seven thousand
2 Samuel 8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen...
seven hundred
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Colossians haraichev} should be rendered, `and David disjointed all the chariots;' which is nearly the rendering of the LXX. To have houghed the horses would have been both unreasonable and inhuman; for, as he had gained so complete a victory, there was no danger of their falling into the hands of the enemy; and if he did not choose to keep them, which indeed the law would not permit, he ought to have killed them outright.
Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses...
Joshua 11:6,9 And the LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them...
Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalm 33:16,17 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength...
an hundred chariots
1 Kings 4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
1 Kings 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen...