


2 Samuel 8:4
Bible Versions
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 David {H1732} took {H3920} from him a thousand {H505} chariots, and seven {H7651} hundred {H3967} horsemen {H6571}, and twenty {H6242} thousand {H505} footmen {H376}{H7273}: and David {H1732} houghed {H6131} all the chariot {H7393} horses, but reserved {H3498} of them for an hundred {H3967} chariots {H7393}.
David captured 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. He reserved enough horses for 100 chariots and disabled the rest.
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
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.
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