1 Chronicles 18:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved a hundred chariots of them.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers from Hadadezer. He hamstrung all the chariot horses but kept enough for 100 chariots.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} took{H3920} from him a thousand{H505} chariots,{H7393} and seven{H7651} thousand{H505} horsemen,{H6571} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} footmen;{H376} and David{H1732} hocked{H6131} all the chariot{H7393} horses, but reserved{H3498} of them for a hundred{H3967} chariots.{H7393}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} took{H3920}{(H8799)} from him a thousand{H505} chariots{H7393}, and seven{H7651} thousand{H505} horsemen{H6571}, and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} footmen{H376}{H7273}: David{H1732} also houghed{H6131}{(H8762)} all the chariot{H7393} horses, but reserved{H3498}{(H8686)} of them an hundred{H3967} chariots{H7393}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Dauid toke from him a thousande charettes, seuen thousande horsmen, and twetye thousande fote men. And Dauid lamed all the charettes, and kepte an hundreth charettes ouer.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Dauid tooke from him a thousand charets, and seuen thousand horsemen, and twentie thousand footemen, and destroyed all the charets, but he reserued of them an hundreth charets.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Dauid toke from him a thousand charets, and seuen thousande horsemen, and twentie thousande footemen, and lamed all the charet horses, and reserued of them an hundred charets.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and David captureth from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly all the chariots, and leaveth of them a hundred chariots `only'.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer’s chariot horses.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 8:4 : 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough for a hundred chariots.
  • 1 Kgs 4:2 : 2 And these were the princes he had: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
  • 1 Kgs 10:26 : 26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.'
  • Josh 11:6 : 6 And the LORD said to Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them: for tomorrow about this time I will deliver them all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
  • Josh 11:9 : 9 And Joshua did to them as the LORD commanded him: he hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 8:3-5
    3 verses
    97%

    3 David also defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the river Euphrates.

    4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough for a hundred chariots.

    5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to aid Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.

  • 2 Sam 10:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17 And when it was told to David, he gathered all Israel together, crossed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

    18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck down Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

  • 1 Chr 18:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.

    6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David wherever he went.

    7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 19:17-19
    3 verses
    77%

    17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them and set the battle in array against them. So when David had set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

    18 But the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand men of the Syrians who fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

    19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants; neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon anymore.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    75%

    26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 30:17
    74%

    17 And David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and none of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    73%

    7 Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

  • 1 Chr 18:3
    73%

    3 And David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
    73%

    9 And David struck the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothes, and returned and came to Achish.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
    73%

    25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 8:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 From Syria, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

    13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

  • 2 Chr 1:14
    73%

    14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 4:26
    73%

    26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    73%

    20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

  • 2 Sam 18:1
    72%

    1 And David counted the people who were with him, and appointed captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

  • 1 Chr 19:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, Syria Maachah, and Zobah.

    7 So they hired thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.

    8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    72%

    21 And they took away their animals: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.

  • Exod 14:7
    71%

    7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over each of them.

  • 1 Chr 18:9
    71%

    9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

  • 2 Chr 1:17
    70%

    17 And they fetched up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and they brought out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

  • 2 Sam 8:7-9
    3 verses
    70%

    7 And David took the golden shields that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

    8 And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took a great amount of bronze.

    9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    70%

    5 And Joab gave the total of the people to David. And all Israel were a million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew sword.

  • 2 Sam 19:17
    70%

    17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 20:21
    70%

    21 And the king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

  • 1 Sam 25:13
    70%

    13 And David said to his men, Each of you gird on his sword. And each one girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword; and about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

  • 1 Sam 13:5
    70%

    5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as numerous as the sand on the seashore; and they came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Bethaven.

  • 1 Chr 18:12
    70%

    12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

  • 2 Kgs 7:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even like all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

    14 So they took two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

  • 2 Kgs 13:7
    69%

    7 He left to Jehoahaz of the people only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust by threshing.

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    69%

    4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 10:29
    69%

    29 And a chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and likewise for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they exported them by their own means.

  • 1 Sam 30:10
    69%

    10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

  • Judg 20:2
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    2 And the leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

  • Neh 7:68
    69%

    68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty-six: their mules, two hundred forty-five:

  • Judg 4:13
    69%

    13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles to the river Kishon.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    69%

    7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 1 Sam 18:25
    68%

    25 And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.