Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Chronicles 19:7

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hired: Ch1 18:4; Exo 14:9; Jdg 4:3; Sa1 13:5; Ch2 14:9; Psa 20:7-9 thirty: Thirty-two thousand soldiers, exclusive of the thousand sent by the king of Maachah, are mentioned in the parallel passage ( Sa2 10:6); but of chariots or cavalry there is no mention; and the number of chariots stated here is prodigious, and beyond all credibility. But as the word raichev denotes not only a chariot, but a rider (see Isa 21:7), it ought most probably to be rendered here, in a collective sense, cavalry; and then the number of troops will exactly agree with the passage in Samuel. It is probable that they were a kind of auxiliary troops who were usually mounted on horses, or in chariots, but who occasionally served as foot-soldiers. the king of Maachah: This variation exists only in the translation, the original being the same in both places, melech maachah, "the king of Maachah." Sa2 10:6, king Maachah Medeba: Num 21:30; Jos 13:9; Isa 15:2 1 Chronicles 19:8

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