2 Samuel 8:4
2 David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
3 David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
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.
5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
6 Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- David 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.
- ASV
- And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
- DARBY
- And David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] a hundred chariots.
- BLB
- And David took from him a thousand [chariots] and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot. And David hamstrung every chariot [horse], and he spared of them a hundred chariots.
- ÅB
- Og David tok fra ham tusen og syv hundre hestfolk og tyve tusen mann fotfolk, og David lot skjære fotsenene over på alle vognhestene; bare hundre vognhester sparte han.
- OTB
- David tok fra ham sytten hundre ryttere og tjue tusen fotsoldater; og David skar hasene over på alle stridshestene, men sparte nok av dem til hundre vogner.
- B1930
- Og David tok fra ham tusen og syv hundre hestfolk og tyve tusen mann fotfolk, og David lot skjære fotsenene over på alle vognhestene; bare hundre vognhester sparte han.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 11:6
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.”
Read in contextJoshua 11:9
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Read in contextPsalms 33:16–17
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 17:16
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.’
Read in context1 Chronicles 18:4
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.
Read in contextPsalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Read in context1 Kings 10:26
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
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