1 Chronicles 18:4
David’s army captured 1,000 of Hadadezer’s chariots, 7,000 chariot-drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. They hamstrung/crippled most of their horses; there were only 100 horses that they did not cripple.
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Deuteronomy 17:16After he becomes the king, he should not acquire a large number of horses for himself. He should not send people to Egypt to buy horses for him, because Yahweh said to you, ‘Never return to Egypt for anything’!
Joshua 11:9Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
1 Kings 4:2and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
Psalms 20:7Some kings trust that because they have chariots they will be able to defeat their enemies, and some trust that their horses will enable them to defeat their enemies, but we will trust in the power [MTY] of Yahweh our God.
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 →