4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
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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.
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. …
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)After this , it is said (1 Chron. 18:1), David did those great exploits. After the sweet communion he had had with God by the word and prayer, as mentioned in the foregoing chapter, he went on his work with extraordinary vigour and courage, conquering and to conquer . Thus Jacob, after his vision, lifted up his feet, Gen. 29:1. We have taken a view of these victories before, and shall now only obs…
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