2 Samuel 8:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    From Hadadezer, David captured a thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all the chariot horses but spared enough horses for a hundred chariots.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And of them toke Dauid a thousande & seuen hundreth horsmen, and twenty thousande fote men, and lamed all the charettes, saue an hundreth which he kepte behynde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

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

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Dauid toke of his, a thousand and seuen hundred horsemen, and destroyed all the charets, and twentie thousand footemen: but reserued an hundred charets of them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    David took from him one thousand seven hundred 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 and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

  • World English Bible (2000)

    David took from him one thousand seven hundred 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 1,700 charioteers and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1 Chr 18:4 : 4 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.
  • 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.'

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  • 1 Chr 18:3-5
    3 verses
    97%

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

    4 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.

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

  • 2 Sam 10:17-18
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    80%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 8:5
    77%

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

  • 1 Kgs 10:26
    76%

    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 Chr 19:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
    75%

    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 Chr 1:14
    75%

    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
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 27:9
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 30:17
    73%

    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 8:12-13
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    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.

  • 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 8:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    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,

  • Exod 14:7
    72%

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

  • 2 Sam 8:3
    72%

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

  • Neh 7:68
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 1:17
    72%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 2 Kgs 7:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 18:7
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 5:21
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    71%

    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 Kgs 10:29
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    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.

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    70%

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

  • 1 Chr 21:5
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    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 Kgs 13:7
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    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.

  • Ezra 2:66
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    66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;

  • 1 Sam 25:13
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
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    7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 1 Sam 13:5
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    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 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.

  • 1 Chr 18:9
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  • 2 Sam 24:9
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    9 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

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

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    6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

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