Exodus 14:7
5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
6 So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.
He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
9 The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
- KJV
- And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
- WEB
- and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.
- ASV
- and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
- DARBY
- And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
- BLB
- And he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
- ÅB
- Han tok seks hundre utvalgte vogner og alle de andre vogner i Egypt, og krigsmenn var det på dem alle.
- OTB
- Han tok seks hundre utvalgte vogner, sammen med alle de andre vognene i Egypt, med offiserer over alle sammen.
- B1930
- Han tok seks hundre utvalgte vogner og alle de andre vogner i Egypten, og krigsmenn var det på dem alle.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Read in contextExodus 15:4
Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
Read in contextJudges 4:15
And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
Read in contextJudges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Read in contextPsalms 68:17
The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
Read in contextExodus 14:23
And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:24
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
Read in contextJoshua 17:16–18
“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
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