Chariots
Chariot, sometimes including the horses (2 Samuel 8:4; 2
Samuel 10:18). Mentioned first in Genesis 41:43, where
Joseph rides in Pharaoh's second chariot; also Genesis
46:29. In the Egyptian monuments they occur to the number of
27,000 in records of the reign of Rameses II, 1300 B.C., and
even earlier in the 18th dynasty 1530 B.C., when Amosis ...
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Chariot, sometimes including the horses (2 Samuel 8:4; 2
Samuel 10:18). Mentioned first in Genesis 41:43, where
Joseph rides in Pharaoh's second chariot; also Genesis
46:29. In the Egyptian monuments they occur to the number of
27,000 in records of the reign of Rameses II, 1300 B.C., and
even earlier in the 18th dynasty 1530 B.C., when Amosis ...
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a vehicle generally used for warlike purposes. Sometimes,
though
but rarely, it is spoken of as used for peaceful
purposes.
The first mention of the chariot is when Joseph, as
a mark of
distinction, was placed in Pharaoh's second state
chariot (Gen.
41:43); and the next, when he went out in his own
chariot to
meet his father Jacob (46:29)...
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Chariot, sometimes including the horses (2 Samuel 8:4; 2
Samuel 10:18). Mentioned first in Genesis 41:43, where
Joseph rides in Pharaoh's second chariot; also Genesis
46:29. In the Egyptian monuments they occur to the number of
27,000 in records of the reign of Rameses II, 1300 B.C., and
even earlier in the 18th dynasty 1530 B.C., when Amosis ...
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a vehicle used either for warlike or peaceful purposes, but
most commonly the former. The Jewish chariots were patterned
after the Egyptian, and consisted of a single pair of wheels
on an axle, upon which was a car with high front and sides,
but open at the back. The earliest mention of chariots in
Scripture is in Egypt, where Joseph, as a mar...
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For war
Ex 14:7,9,25; Jos 11:4; 1Sa 13:5; 1Ki 20:1,25; 2Ki
6:14;
2Ch 12:2,3; Ps 20:7; 46:9; Jer 46:9; 47:3; 51:21;
Joe 2:5;
Na 2:3,4; 3:2
-Wheels of Pharaoh's, providentially taken off
Ex 14:25
-Commanded by captains
Ex 14:7; 1Ki 9:22; 22:31-33; 2Ki 8:21
-Made of iron
Jos 17:18; Jud 1:19
-Introduced among Israelites by David
2Sa 8:4
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char'-i-ot (merkabh, merkabhah, "riding-chariot," rekhebh,
"war-chariot"; harma):
1. Chariots of Egypt
2. Chariots of the Canaanites
3. Chariots of Solomon and Later Kings
4. Chariots of the Assyrians
5. Chariots of Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks
6. In the New Testament
7. Figurative Use
LITERATURE
1. Chariots of Egypt:
It is to the chariots of anci...
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Use of horses and chariots by kings of Judah and Israel. Following the example of Solomon, the kings that followed during the history of the divided kingdom, made use of horses and chariots. King Ahab died in his battle chariot in war with the Syrians (I Kings 22:35). And the prophet Isaiah warned the kings of his day against going down to Egypt fo...
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King Solomon's excessive use of horses. He disregarded the Law of Moses, and began to import great numbers of horses and chariots from the land of Egypt. "And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt . . . and a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty" (I Kings 10:28, 29). He had...
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Description of ancient chariots. There have been numbers of pictorial representations of ancient chariots discovered by archaeologists. These give a fair idea of what they were like.
These implements so often used in warfare were very simple in style and yet very uncomfortable for the occupants. "They were semicircular boxes on wheels and of very ...
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