1 Chronicles 18:4

David captured from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses—except he saved enough for 100 chariots.

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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.

In Context

3David then defeated Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, as he tried to enforce his control along the Euphrates River.

5When the Arameans from Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:16Your king must not have large numbers of horses, or send his men to Egypt to buy more horses, because the Lord has declared, “You must never return there again.”

Joshua 11:9Afterwards Joshua did what the Lord had ordered: he crippled the horses and burned the chariots.

1 Kings 4:2These were his officials: Azariah, son of Zadok, was the priest;

Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and some in war horses, but we trust in who the Lord our God is.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 18:2-9

David's Victories. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the… Read the whole commentary →

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