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href="/bsb/exodus/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He took with him 600 of Egypt’s best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with its commander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the <i>other</i> chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the <i>other</i> chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and he took six hundred choice chariots and all the <i>other</i> chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and he took six hundred chosen war-chariots, and all the other war-chariots of Egypt with fighting charioteers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />he took six hundred of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />he took 600 of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He commanded his officers in charge of his 600 best chariots and all his other chariots to start after the Israelites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He took 600 of his best chariots as well as all the other chariots in Egypt, placing an officer in each of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He set out with all his chariots, including the six hundred finest, commanded by their officers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers in charge of each one. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He took six hundred select chariots, and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, and officers on all of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he takes six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he taketh six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will take six hundred chosen chariots, and all the horsemen of Egypt, and rulers over them all.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots that were in Egypt: and the captains of the whole army. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and whatever chariots were in Egypt, and also the leaders of the whole army.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He took six hundred select chariots and all the chariots of Egypt, with officers on all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />he took six hundred picked chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he took six hundred chosen chariots and all chariots of the Egyptians and warriors over every one of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he took six hundred chariots that were select and all the Egyptians and men over them all.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />having also taken six hundred chosen chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/14-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3450" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/14.htm">Pharaoh Pursues the Israelites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">He took</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: šêš- (Number-fsc) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">600</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bā·ḥūr (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">of the best</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: re·ḵeḇ (N-ms) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">chariots,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵōl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: re·ḵeḇ (N-msc) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">the other chariots</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·rā·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7991.htm" title="7991: wə·šā·li·šim (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Or shalowsh; or shalosh; from shalowsh; a triple, i.e. a triangle; also a three-fold measure; also a general of the third rank.">with officers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all of them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-6.htm">Joshua 24:6-7</a></span><br />When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea. / So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Nehemiah 9:9-11</a></span><br />You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. / You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. / You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-7.htm">Psalm 106:7-11</a></span><br />Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea. / Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known. / He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9-10</a></span><br />Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? / Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-16.htm">Psalm 77:16-20</a></span><br />The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. / The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. / Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-13</a></span><br />Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-17.htm">Romans 9:17-18</a></span><br />For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” / Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-4.htm">Deuteronomy 11:4</a></span><br />what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-13.htm">Psalm 136:13-15</a></span><br />He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever. / and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever. / but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Exodus 15:4-5</a></span><br />Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea. / The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/15-3.htm">Revelation 15:3</a></span><br />and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Jude 1:5</a></span><br />Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-23.htm">Exodus 14:23</a></b></br> And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, <i>even</i> all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Exodus 15:4</a></b></br> Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/17-16.htm">Joshua 17:16-18</a></b></br> And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, <i>both they</i> who <i>are</i> of Bethshean and her towns, and <i>they</i> who <i>are</i> of the valley of Jezreel… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/49-11.htm">Best</a> <a href="/revelation/19-18.htm">Captains</a> <a href="/genesis/50-9.htm">Carriages</a> <a href="/exodus/14-6.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/genesis/24-44.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/genesis/8-11.htm">Picked</a> <a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Select</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Six</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Best</a> <a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Captains</a> <a href="/exodus/14-9.htm">Carriages</a> <a href="/exodus/14-9.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/exodus/14-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/27-9.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Picked</a> <a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Select</a> <a href="/exodus/16-26.htm">Six</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-1.htm">God instructs the Israelites in their journey</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Pharaoh pursues after them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-10.htm">The Israelites murmur</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Moses comforts them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-15.htm">God instructs Moses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">The cloud removes behind the camp</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">The Israelites pass through the Red sea, which drowns the Egyptians</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He took 600 of the best chariots</b><br>The number 600 signifies a substantial military force, indicating Pharaoh's determination to recapture the Israelites. Chariots were the most advanced military technology of the time, symbolizing power and speed. This reflects Egypt's status as a dominant ancient power. The "best chariots" suggests elite units, possibly manned by experienced soldiers, highlighting the seriousness of Pharaoh's pursuit. In biblical context, chariots often symbolize human strength and reliance on military might, contrasting with Israel's reliance on God (<a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>).<p><b>and all the other chariots of Egypt</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the total mobilization of Egypt's military resources. It suggests a comprehensive effort to ensure the Israelites' return, indicating Pharaoh's desperation and anger. The inclusion of "all the other chariots" underscores the scale of the operation, showing that Pharaoh spared no effort. This can be seen as a foreshadowing of God's power to overcome even the greatest human forces, as later demonstrated in the Red Sea crossing.<p><b>with officers over all of them</b><br>The presence of officers indicates a well-organized military campaign, with leadership and strategy in place. This structure reflects the Egyptian military's sophistication and Pharaoh's intent to exert control and authority. The officers' role was to maintain order and execute Pharaoh's commands, highlighting the disciplined nature of the Egyptian army. This organization contrasts with the seemingly vulnerable position of the Israelites, who were led by Moses under God's guidance. The mention of officers also sets the stage for the miraculous defeat of this formidable force, showcasing God's supremacy over human leadership and power.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who hardened his heart against letting the Israelites go, leading to the pursuit of the Israelites with his army.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved and from which they were being delivered by God through Moses.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/chariots.htm">Chariots</a></b><br>Representing the military strength and technological advantage of Egypt, used by Pharaoh to pursue the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/o/officers.htm">Officers</a></b><br>Military leaders appointed over the chariots, indicating a well-organized and formidable force.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, led by Moses, fleeing from Egyptian bondage towards the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_human_strength_vs._divine_power.htm">Reliance on Human Strength vs. Divine Power</a></b><br>The Egyptians relied on their military might, but God demonstrated His superior power. Believers should trust in God's strength rather than human resources.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_adversity.htm">God's Sovereignty in Adversity</a></b><br>Pharaoh's pursuit was part of God's plan to display His glory. In our trials, we can trust that God is in control and working for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_the_face_of_fear.htm">Faith in the Face of Fear</a></b><br>The Israelites faced a formidable enemy, yet God called them to trust Him. We are encouraged to have faith even when circumstances seem overwhelming.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_opposing_god.htm">The Futility of Opposing God</a></b><br>Pharaoh's hardened heart led to his downfall. Resisting God's will is ultimately futile and leads to destruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>The officers over the chariots had a role in Pharaoh's plan. Leaders today must consider whether their actions align with God's purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_exodus_32_align_with_aaron's_role.htm">How does the portrayal of Aaron's role in Exodus 32 align with other biblical depictions of him, and does it reveal inconsistencies across different texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_aaron's_life.htm">What were the key events in Aaron's life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_punish_census-taking.htm">Why does God kill people for taking a census (2 Samuel 24:1-15)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_harden_pharaoh's_heart_if_free_will.htm">If God created humans with free will, why does He harden Pharaoh's heart (Exodus 9:12)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Six hundred chosen chariots.</span>--The chariot force was that on which the Egyptians chiefly relied for victory from the beginning of the eighteenth<p>dynasty. Diodorus Siculus assigns to his Sesostris (probably Rameses II.) a force of 27,000 chariots; but this is, no doubt, an exaggeration. The largest number of chariots brought together on any one occasion that is <span class= "ital">sufficiently attested,</span> is believed by the present writer to be 3,940, which were collected by various confederates against an Assyrian king (<span class= "ital">Ancient Monarchies,</span> vol. ii, p. 103, Note). In <a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm" title="And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.">1Samuel 13:5</a>, 30,000 chariots are mentioned, no doubt by some numerical error. A force of 2,500 is said by Rameses II. to have been brought against him in his great Hittite campaign (<span class= "ital">Records of the Past,</span> vol. ii., pp. 69, 71). Sheshonk I. (Shishak) invaded Judaea with 1,200 (<a href="/2_chronicles/12-3.htm" title="With twelve hundred chariots, and three score thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.">2Chronicles 12:3</a>). The "six hundred <span class= "ital">chosen</span> chariots" of the present passage are thus quite within the limits of probability. Most likely they constituted a division of the royal guard, and were thus always at the king's disposal.<p><span class= "bld">And all the chariots of Egypt.</span>--The word "all" must not be pressed. The writer means "all that were available--that could be readily summoned." These could only be the chariots of Lower Egypt--those stationed at Memphis, Heliopolis, Bubastis, Pithom, Sebennytus perhaps, and Pelusium. They would probably amount to several hundreds.<p><span class= "bld">Captains over every one of them.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">over the whole of them.</span> These "captains" are again mentioned in <a href="/exodus/15-4.htm" title="Pharaoh's chariots and his host has he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.">Exodus 15:4</a>. The word in the original--a derivative from the numeral three--is supposed to have meant, primarily, "persons occupying the third rank below the king."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Six hundred chosen chariots</span>. Diodorus Siculus assigns to one Egyptian king a force of 27,000 chariots (1. 54, § 4), which however is probably beyond the truth. But the 1200 assigned to Shishak (<a href="/2_chronicles/12-3.htm">2 Chronicles 12:3</a>) may well be regarded as historical; and the great kings of the nineteenth dynasty would possess at least an equal number. The "six hundred chosen chariots" set in motion on this occasion probably constituted a division of the royal body-guard (Herod. 2:168). The remaining force would be collected from the neighbouring cities of Northern Egypt, as Memphis, Heliopolis, Bubastis, Pithom, and Pelusium. <span class="cmt_word">Captains over every one of them</span>. Rather, "Captains over the whole of them." So the LXX. the Vulgate and Syriac version. Some, however, understand "warriors in each of them ' (Gesenius, Bodiger, Kalisch). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/14-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He took</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקַּ֗ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">600</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁשׁ־</span> <span class="translit">(šêš-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> </span><span class="str2">Six (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the best</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּח֔וּר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḥūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_970.htm">Strong's 970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Selected, a youth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">chariots,</span><br /><span class="heb">רֶ֙כֶב֙</span> <span class="translit">(re·ḵeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the other chariots</span><br /><span class="heb">רֶ֣כֶב</span> <span class="translit">(re·ḵeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Egypt,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with officers</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·li·šim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7991.htm">Strong's 7991: </a> </span><span class="str2">A triple, a triangle, a three-fold measure, a general of the third rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all of them.</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(kul·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/14-7.htm">OT Law: Exodus 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots (Exo. 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