* 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
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