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2 Samuel 8:4

David

2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.

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.

5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

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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.

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  • Joshua 11:6

    And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

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  • Joshua 11:9

    And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

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  • Psalms 33:16–17

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

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  • 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: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

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  • 1 Chronicles 18:4

    And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

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  • Psalms 20:7

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

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  • 1 Kings 10:26

    And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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