1 Chr 18:4

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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.

Deut 17:16; Josh 11:6; Josh 11:9; Ps 20:7; Ps 33:16; Ps 33:17

an hundred chariots.

1Kgs 4:2; 1Kgs 10:26