2 Samuel 8:4
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
פָּרָשׁ
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
דָּוִד
David
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דָּוִד
David. Beloved. The shepherd boy who became king. A man after God's own heart. God chooses the surrendered heart not the impressive resume.
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רֶכֶב
chariots
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רֶכֶב
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
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מִן
from/ him
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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מֵאָה
hundreds
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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רַגְלִי
on foot
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רַגְלִי
a footman (soldier)
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