Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Chronicles 18:4

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seven thousand: Sa2 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, και παραλυσε Δανιδ παντα τα αρματα. 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, Deu 17:16; Jos 11:6, Jos 11:9; Psa 20:7, Psa 33:16, Psa 33:17 an hundred chariots: Kg1 4:2, Kg1 10:26 1 Chronicles 18:5

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