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He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses. <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots. <a href="/esv/2_samuel/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots. <a href="/bsb/2_samuel/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/8.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/8.htm">New King James Version</a> David took from him one thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots. <a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots. <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. <a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. <a href="/lsb/2_samuel/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for 100 chariots. <a href="/amp/2_samuel/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. David also hamstrung all the chariot horses (making them lame), but reserved enough of them for a hundred chariots. <a href="/csb/2_samuel/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> David captured seventeen hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots. <a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> David captured 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept 100 chariots. <a href="/asv/2_samuel/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_samuel/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> In the battle, David captured 1,700 cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers. He also captured war chariots, but he destroyed all but 100 of them. <a href="/erv/2_samuel/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. <a href="/gwt/2_samuel/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> David took 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers from him. David also disabled all but 100 of their horses so that they couldn't pull chariots. <a href="/gnt/2_samuel/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest. <a href="/isv/2_samuel/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> David captured 1,000 of his chariots, 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses except for enough to supply 100 chariots. <a href="/msb/2_samuel/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/2_samuel/8.htm">NET Bible</a> David seized from him 1,700 charioteers and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of the chariot horses. <a href="/nheb/2_samuel/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And David took from him a thousand of his chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots. <a href="/wbt/2_samuel/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 a hundred chariots. <a href="/web/2_samuel/8.htm">World English Bible</a> David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for one hundred chariots. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and David captures from him one thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David utterly destroys the whole of the charioteers; he leaves only one hundred of their charioteers. <a href="/ylt/2_samuel/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/2_samuel/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And David will take from him a thousand, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David will destroy all the chariots, and he will leave from them a hundred chariots.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_samuel/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/2_samuel/8.htm">New American Bible</a> David captured from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left one hundred for his chariots. <a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a hundred chariots.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And David took from him one thousand and seven hundred chariots and twenty thousand footmen; and David destroyed all the chariots, but reserved of them one hundred chariots. <a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And David destroyed from him a thousand and seven hundred chariots and twenty thousand infantry warriors, and David overthrew all the chariots and he left of them one hundred chariots<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_samuel/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. <a href="/sep/2_samuel/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And David took a thousand of his chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all his chariot horses, and he reserved to himself a hundred chariots. <a href="/parallel/2_samuel/8-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=2029" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/8.htm">David's Triumphs</a> …3David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River. 4<a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: way·yil·kōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">captured</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from him</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">a thousand chariots,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: ū·šə·ḇa‘- (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/6571.htm" title="6571: pā·rā·šîm (N-mp) -- A steed, a driver, cavalry. From parash; a steed (compare cuwc); also a driver, i.e. cavalry.">charioteers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: wə·‘eś·rîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">and twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">foot soldiers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7273.htm" title="7273: raḡ·lî (Adj-ms) -- On foot. From regel; a footman."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">and he</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6131.htm" title="6131: way·‘aq·qêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To pluck or root up. A primitive root; to pluck up; specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate.">hamstrung</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: hā·re·ḵeḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">the horses</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’āh (Number-fs) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">except a hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: way·yō·w·ṯêr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">he kept</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: rā·ḵeḇ (N-ms) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">for the chariots.</a> 5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">1 Chronicles 18:4</a> 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. <a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Joshua 11:6</a> Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.” <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Joshua 11:9</a> Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots. <a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm">1 Samuel 17:47</a> And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.” <a href="/1_samuel/30-17.htm">1 Samuel 30:17</a> And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels. <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">2 Samuel 10:18</a> But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there. <a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm">1 Kings 10:26</a> Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. <a href="/1_kings/4-26.htm">1 Kings 4:26</a> Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. <a href="/1_chronicles/19-18.htm">1 Chronicles 19:18</a> But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army. <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a> Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. <a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Psalm 33:16-17</a> No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. / A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save. <a href="/psalms/44-6.htm">Psalm 44:6-7</a> For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me. / For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame. <a href="/psalms/60-12.htm">Psalm 60:12</a> With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies. <a href="/psalms/118-10.htm">Psalm 118:10-12</a> All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. / They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. / They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. <a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a> Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.from him.<a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">1 Chronicles 18:4</a> 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.David houghed<a href="/deuteronomy/17-16.htm">Deuteronomy 17:16</a> But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.<a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Joshua 11:6,9</a> And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire… <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a> Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.reserved<a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm">1 Kings 10:26</a> And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/5-7.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-7.htm">Captureth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-11.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/haggai/2-22.htm">Charioteers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Chariot-Horses</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-6.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">David</a> <a href="/judges/4-15.htm">Destroyeth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-19.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-18.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-17.htm">Footmen</a> <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Hamstrung</a> <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Hocked</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-6.htm">Horsemen</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-6.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Houghed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-24.htm">Reserved</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-27.htm">s</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-5.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-23.htm">Soldiers</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-1.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-20.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-12.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-6.htm">War-Carriages</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/12-26.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-26.htm">Captureth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-1.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Charioteers</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-14.htm">Chariot-Horses</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-4.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-5.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-12.htm">Destroyeth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-16.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-6.htm">Footmen</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Hamstrung</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Hocked</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Horsemen</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-1.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Houghed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Reserved</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-5.htm">s</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Soldiers</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-5.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-5.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-14.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">War-Carriages</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 8</div>1. <a href="/2_samuel/8-1.htm">David subdues the Philistines and the Moabites</a> 3. <a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">He smites Hadadezer, and the Syrians</a> 9. <a href="/2_samuel/8-9.htm">Toi sends Joram with presents to bless him</a> 11. <a href="/2_samuel/8-11.htm">David dedicates the presents and the spoil to God</a> 14. <a href="/2_samuel/8-14.htm">He puts garrisons in Edom</a> 16. <a href="/2_samuel/8-16.htm">David's officers</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Chariots were a significant military asset in ancient warfare, often used by powerful nations like Egypt and the Hittites. Capturing a thousand chariots indicates a substantial victory over the enemy, showcasing David's ability to neutralize a formidable threat. This victory aligns with God's promise to give Israel rest from its enemies (<a href="/2_samuel/7-11.htm">2 Samuel 7:11</a>).seven thousand charioteers The capture of seven thousand charioteers further emphasizes the scale of David's triumph. Charioteers were skilled warriors, and their capture would have been a significant blow to the enemy's military capabilities. This victory demonstrates God's favor upon David, fulfilling the covenantal promises of protection and success (<a href="/deuteronomy/20.htm">Deuteronomy 20:1-4</a>).and twenty thousand foot soldiers The capture of twenty thousand foot soldiers underscores the magnitude of the battle and the comprehensive nature of David's victory. Foot soldiers formed the backbone of ancient armies, and their capture would have severely weakened the enemy's ability to wage war. This reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to make David's name great and to establish his kingdom (<a href="/2_samuel/7-9.htm">2 Samuel 7:9</a>).and he hamstrung all the horses Hamstringing horses was a common practice in ancient warfare to render them useless for battle without killing them. This action demonstrates David's strategic thinking, ensuring that the enemy could not quickly regroup and retaliate. It also reflects adherence to God's instructions in <a href="/deuteronomy/17-16.htm">Deuteronomy 17:16</a>, which cautioned against amassing horses, a symbol of reliance on military might rather than on God.except a hundred he kept for the chariots By keeping a hundred horses, David maintained a limited but effective chariot force for his own military use. This decision reflects a balance between practical military needs and obedience to divine guidance. It also symbolizes David's reliance on God rather than on military strength alone, aligning with the biblical theme of trusting in God's provision and protection (<a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The King of Israel, known for his military prowess and devotion to God. In this passage, he is expanding his kingdom through military victories. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hadadezer.htm">Hadadezer</a> The king of Zobah, an Aramean kingdom. He is defeated by David in this passage. 3. <a href="/topical/z/zobah.htm">Zobah</a> A region in Aram (modern-day Syria), which was a significant power during David's time. 4. <a href="/topical/c/chariots_and_charioteers.htm">Chariots and Charioteers</a> Represent the military strength of Hadadezer, which David captures and disables. 5. <a href="/topical/h/hamstringing_horses.htm">Hamstringing Horses</a> A military tactic used to disable horses, rendering them useless for war, showing David's strategic approach to warfare.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> David's actions reflect adherence to God's instructions regarding military practices. We should prioritize obedience to God's Word in our decisions. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god_over_military_might.htm">Trust in God Over Military Might</a> David's reliance on God rather than on captured military resources teaches us to place our trust in God rather than in worldly power or resources. <a href="/topical/s/strategic_wisdom_in_leadership.htm">Strategic Wisdom in Leadership</a> David's decision to hamstring the horses shows strategic thinking. As leaders, we should seek wisdom and discernment in our actions. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_victory.htm">God's Sovereignty in Victory</a> David's victories are a testament to God's sovereignty and faithfulness. We should acknowledge God's hand in our successes and give Him the glory. <a href="/topical/b/balance_between_mercy_and_justice.htm">Balance Between Mercy and Justice</a> While David disables the horses, he spares some for chariots, showing a balance between mercy and justice. We should seek to balance these attributes in our interactions with others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 8</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_persecutions_in_psalm_17_9-12.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence for the specific persecutions mentioned in Psalm 17:9–12? </a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_2_sam_10_18_and_1_chr_19_18.htm">How do we reconcile the discrepant figures between 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 regarding the number of charioteers and horsemen defeated by David? </a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_2_sam_8_4_with_no_evidence.htm">How do we reconcile 2 Samuel 8:4 with the lack of archaeological evidence for such a large-scale chariot force?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_2_chr_9_25_and_1_kgs_4_26_differ.htm">Why do the numbers listed in 2 Chronicles 9:25 about Solomon's horses and chariots differ from related passages like 1 Kings 4:26?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) A thousand chariots.--The word chariots has evidently dropped out of the text here, but is rightly inserted, following the LXX. and 1 Chron.; 700 horsemen should also be changed to 7,000, in accordance with 1 Chron., this being a more fitting proportion to 20,000 infantry in the plains of Syria, and the difference being only in two dots over the letter marking the numeral in Hebrew.Houghed, i.e., hamstrung, to render them incapable of use in war. (Comp. <a href="/joshua/11-6.htm" title="And the LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.">Joshua 11:6</a>; <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm" title="And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.">Joshua 11:9</a>.) This is meant to apply not only to the chariot horses, but to all those of the cavalry. Whether David's reservation of the number needed for 100 chariots was wrong or not, is not said. David probably felt the need of these horses as a means of more rapid communication with the distant parts of his increasing empire; yet this act may have been the entering wedge for Solomon's direct violation of <a href="/deuteronomy/17-16.htm" title="But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: for as much as the LORD has said to you, You shall from now on return no more that way.">Deuteronomy 17:16</a>, by sending to Egypt to "multiply horses to himself."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen. The word "chariots" is inserted in the Authorized Version after "thousand," from the parallel place in <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">1 Chronicles 18:4</a>, where also it is said that David captured seven thousand horsemen. The numbers of the Chronicler are more in proportion to one another than those mentioned here, provided we assume that the word "chariots" ought to be supplied, which, as it is not the only difference, is uncertain. Until the Arabs invented our present system of notation, the ancient methods of representing numbers were so liable to error that little dependence can be placed upon them. The Hebrews used their letters for numerals, but after 400 their system breaks down. Any number higher than 400 can be represented only by long sums in arithmetic, or by an intricate system of points above and below, which were sure to get into confusion. David houghed all the chariot horses. There is good reason for concluding that the word used here, recheb, is a collective, and signifies animals used either for riding or driving. What David reserved was not a hundred chariots, but a hundred riding horses, which would be useful to him for rapid communication, and could scarcely be regarded as a violation of the command in <a href="/deuteronomy/17-16.htm">Deuteronomy 17:16</a>. Both the Authorized and Revised Versions are wrong, but the Authorized Version at least makes the word recheb have the same meaning in both clauses, whereas the Revised Version makes it signify chariot horses in the first clause, and the chariots themselves in the second. The defeat by David, with infantry only, of an army provided with so powerful a force of cavalry and chariots, proves his great military skill, and their capture hears even more emphatic testimony to his generalship. In the Psalms we find horses often referred to as objects regarded with terror, and which gave a great advantage to their enemies (<a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>; <a href="/psalms/33-17.htm">Psalm 33:17</a>; <a href="/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6</a>; <a href="/psalms/147-10.htm">Psalm 147:10</a>), but over which they had triumphed by Jehovah's aid. This method, however, of rendering them useless, though practised by Joshua (<a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Joshua 11:6</a>), was most cruel; as the poor things, unable to move about with the sinews of their hind legs severed, would perish of hunger. <a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/8-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>David דָּוִ֜ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse captured וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד (way·yil·kōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere from him מִמֶּ֗נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of a thousand [chariots], אֶ֤לֶף (’e·lep̄) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand seven וּשְׁבַע־ (ū·šə·ḇa‘-) Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number thousand מֵאוֹת֙ (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred charioteers, פָּרָשִׁ֔ים (pā·rā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6571.htm">Strong's 6571: </a> A steed, a driver, cavalry and twenty וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (wə·‘eś·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth thousand אֶ֖לֶף (’e·lep̄) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand foot soldiers, אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person and he דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse hamstrung וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר (way·‘aq·qêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6131.htm">Strong's 6131: </a> To pluck up, to hamstring, to exterminate all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the horses הָרֶ֔כֶב (hā·re·ḵeḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone except a hundred מֵ֥אָה (mê·’āh) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred he kept וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר (way·yō·w·ṯêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve for the chariots. רָֽכֶב׃ (rā·ḵeḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_samuel/8-4.htm">2 Samuel 8:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-4.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 8:4 David took from him one thousand seven (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 8:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 8:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/8-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 8:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 8:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>