1 Chronicles 18:4
seven thousand 2Sam 8:4, seven hundred David The words wyakker Dawid eth col haraichev, should be rendered, "and David disjointed all the chariots;" which is nearly the rendering of the LXX, και παραλυσε Δανιδ παντα τα αρματα. 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., houghed, Deut 17:16; Josh 11:6, Josh 11:9; Ps 20:7, Ps 33:16-17 an hundred chariots 1Kgs 4:2, 1Kgs 10:26
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