Exo 14:9, Judg 4:3, 1Sa 13:5, 1Ch 18:4, 2Ch 14:9, Psa 20:7-9 | TSK | STEP

Exodus 14:9

the Egyptians.

15:9; Jos 24:6

encamping.

Judges 4:3

cried.

3:9,15; 10:16; 1Sa 7:8; Ps 50:15; 78:34; Jer 2:27,28

chariots.

1:19; Jos 17:16

mightily.

5:8; De 28:29,33,47,48; Ps 106:42

1 Samuel 13:5

thirty thousand chariots.The Philistines had no doubt collected troops in this emergency, from all the surrounding nation; but the number of chariots is immensely large beyond any example, and wholly disproportioned to the number of their cavalry. It is probable, therefore, that for {sheloshim aileph,} "thirty thousand," we should read {shelosh aileph,} "three thousand," with the Syriac and Arabic.

as the sand.

Ge 22:17; Jos 11:4; Jud 7:12; 2Ch 1:9; Isa 48:19; Jer 15:8; Ro 9:27

Beth-aven.

14:23; Jos 7:2; 18:12; Ho 4:15; 5:8; 10:5

1 Chronicles 18:4

seven thousand.

2Sa 8:4

seven hundred. David.The words {wyakker Dawid eth col haraichev,} should be rendered, "and David disjointed all the chariots;" which is nearly the rendering of the LXX., [kai paraluse David panta ta armata.] To have houghed the horses would have been both unreasonable and inhuman; for, as he had gained so complete a victory, there was no danger of their falling into the hands of the enemy; and if he did not choose to keep them, which indeed the law would not permit, he ought to have killed them outright.

houghed.

De 17:16; Jos 11:6,9; Ps 20:7; 33:16,17

an hundred chariots.

1Ki 4:2; 10:26