And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.from him. or, of his
chariots As 1ch 18:4
seven hundred In the parallel place in chronicles it is `{seven thousand} horsemen,' a far more probable number. The letter (), {zayin}, with a dot upon it stands for {seven thousand}, and the final letter (), {noon}, for {seven hundred}: the great similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be mistaken for the other, and so produce an error in this place.
David houghed De 17:16 Jos 11:6,9 Ps 20:7 33:16,17
reserved 1Ki 10:26

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Alphabetical: a 1700 all and but captured chariot charioteers chariots David enough foot for from hamstrung He him his horsemen horses hundred of reserved seven soldiers the them thousand twenty
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