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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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fled before Israel: Ch1 19:13, Ch1 19:14; Psa 18:32, Psa 33:16, Psa 46:11 seven thousand: In the parallel passage, "the men of seven hundred chariots;" which difference probably arose from mistaking ן, noon final, which stands for 700, for ז, zayin, with a dot above, which denotes 7,000, or vice versa. the great similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be mistaken for the other. footmen: If these troops were as we have suppose, a kind of dismounted cavalry, the terms footmen and horsemen might be indifferently applied to them. Sa2 10:18, horsemen 1 Chronicles 19:19
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