2 Samuel 8:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ David took 1,700 horse soldiers and 20,000 foot soldiers from Hadadezer. David crippled all but 100 of the chariot horses. [55]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ David took from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except he reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.

Common English Bible

⁴ David captured one thousand chariots, seven hundred charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He cut the hamstrings of all but one hundred of the chariot horses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And from his troops, David seized one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And he cut the sinew of the leg in all the chariot horses. But he left aside enough of them for one hundred chariots.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and houghed all the chariot horses: and only reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

2 Samuel 8:4 Cross References

Genesis 49:6

They planned evil things in secret. My soul wants no part in their plans. I will not accept their secret meetings. They killed men when they were angry. And they hurt animals only for fun.

1 Kings 10:26

So Solomon had many, many chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots [140] and 12,000 horses. Solomon built special cities for these chariots. So the chariots were kept in those cities. King Solomon also kept some of the chariots with him in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 18:4

David took from Hadadezer 1,000 chariots {\cf2\super [198]} , 7,000 chariot drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. David also crippled most of Hadadezer’s horses that were used for pulling chariots. But David saved enough horses to pull 100 chariots.

Psalm 20:7

Some people trust their chariots. {\cf2\super [117]} \par Other people trust their soldiers.\par But we remember the Lord our God.\par

Deuteronomy 17:16

The king must not get more and more horses for himself. And he must not send people to Egypt to get more horses. Why? Because the Lord has told you, ‘You must never go back that way.’

Joshua 11:6

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of that army. I will allow you to defeat them. By this time tomorrow, you will have killed them all. You will cut the legs of the horses and burn all their chariots.”

Joshua 11:9

Joshua did what the Lord said he would do—Joshua cut the legs of their horses and burned their chariots.