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Exodus 14:7

he took six hundred of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Chariot;   Egypt;   Egyptians;   Impenitence;   Israel;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Chariots;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;   Sciences;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captain;   Chariot;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Red Sea;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Migdol;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;   Ouches;   War;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Chariot,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;   Chariots of War;   Red Sea;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Pi-Hahiroth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Antigonus (Antoninus);   Captain;   Moses;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 20;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Mitzrayim, and captains over all of them.
King James Version
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
Lexham English Bible
And he took six hundred select chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and officers over all of them.
New Century Version
He took six hundred of his best chariots, together with all the other chariots of Egypt, each with an officer in it.
New English Translation
He took six hundred select chariots, and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, and officers on all of them.
Amplified Bible
and he took six hundred chosen war-chariots, and all the other war-chariots of Egypt with fighting charioteers over all of them.
New American Standard Bible
and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And tooke sixe hundreth chosen charets, and all the charets of Egypt, and captaines ouer euery one of them.
Legacy Standard Bible
and he took six hundred choice chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
Contemporary English Version
He commanded his officers in charge of his six hundred best chariots and all his other chariots to start after the Israelites.
Complete Jewish Bible
he took 600 first-quality chariots, as well as all the other chariots in Egypt, along with their commanders.
Darby Translation
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
Easy-to-Read Version
He took 600 of his best men and all of his chariots. There was an officer in each chariot.
English Standard Version
and took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
George Lamsa Translation
And he took six hundred chosen chariots and all chariots of the Egyptians and warriors over every one of them.
Good News Translation
He set out with all his chariots, including the six hundred finest, commanded by their officers.
Literal Translation
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and officers over all of them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and toke sixe hudreth chosen charettes, and the other charettes besyde that were in Egipte, and the captaynes ouer all his:
American Standard Version
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
Bible in Basic English
And he took six hundred carriages, all the carriages of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And toke sixe hundred chosen charets, and all the charets of Egypt, and capitaynes vpon euery one of them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
King James Version (1611)
And hee tooke sixe hundred chosen charets, and all the charets of Egypt, and captaines ouer euery one of them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
having also taken six hundred chosen chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all.
English Revised Version
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
Berean Standard Bible
He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he took sixe hundrid chosyn charis, and what euer thing of charis was in Egipt, and duykis of al the oost.
Young's Literal Translation
and he taketh six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;
Update Bible Version
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
World English Bible
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
New King James Version
Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.
New Living Translation
He took with him 600 of Egypt's best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with its commander.
New Life Bible
He took 600 of the best war-wagons, and all the other war-wagons of Egypt in the care of leaders.
New Revised Standard
he took six hundred picked chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, - with warriors in every one.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots that were in Egypt: and the captains of the whole army.
Revised Standard Version
and took six hundred picked chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.

Contextual Overview

1Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 2“Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you must camp in front of Baal-zephon, facing it by the sea. 3Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in. 4I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this. 5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people and said: “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” 6So he got his chariot ready and took his troops with him; 7he took six hundred of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one. 8The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out defiantly. 9The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his horsemen, and his army—chased after them and caught up with them as they camped by the sea beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 14:23, Exodus 15:4, Joshua 17:16-18, Judges 4:3, Judges 4:15, Psalms 20:7, Psalms 68:17, Isaiah 37:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 50:9 - chariots Judges 1:19 - chariots 2 Samuel 23:13 - three 1 Kings 20:1 - and horses

Cross-References

Genesis 14:1
In those days King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
Genesis 14:8
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and lined up for battle in the Siddim Valley
Genesis 14:12
They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.
Genesis 14:16
He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.
Genesis 16:14
That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi. It is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 20:1
From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
Genesis 36:12
Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz,
Genesis 36:16
chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek.
Numbers 13:26
The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for them and the whole community, and they showed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers 14:43
The Amalekites and Canaanites are right in front of you, and you will fall by the sword. The Lord won’t be with you, since you have turned from following him.”

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he took six hundred chosen chariots,.... The chief and best he had, war chariots, chariots of iron; perhaps such as had iron scythes to them, to cut down men as they drove along; these were taken partly for quickness of dispatch, that they might be able the sooner to overtake the Israelites, who had got several days' marches before them; and partly for their strength and the annoyance of their enemies with them:

and all the chariots of Egypt: as many as could in so short a time be got together: for the words are not to be taken in the utmost latitude, but to signify a great number, and all that could be conveniently come at: the Greek version is, "all the horse", the cavalry, which better distinguishes them from the former:

and captains over everyone of them: over everyone of the chariots, so that they must each of them have many in them, to have captains over them: and perhaps the infantry, or foot soldiers, for, quickness of expedition, were put into them; for, besides these, there were horsemen: Josephus p makes the whole number of his army to be 50,000 horse, and 200,000 foot, and the same number is given by a Jewish chronologer q: but Patricides, an Arabic writer, says r it consisted of 600,000, and Ezekiel s, the tragic poet, has made it amount to a million of horse and foot: should it be asked where horses could be had to draw the chariots, and horses for the horsemen after mentioned, when all were destroyed by the hail, Exodus 9:25 it may be replied, that only those in the field were killed, not such as were in stables, where chariot horses and horses for war may be supposed to be: besides, as the Targum of Jonathan intimates, these might belong to these servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord, and took their cattle home, Exodus 9:20.

p Antiqu. l. 2. c. 15. sect. 3. q Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 77. 4. r Apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 464. s Apud Euseb. ut supra. (Praepar. Evangel. c. 27. p. 436.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Six hundred chosen chariots - The Egyptian army comprised large numbers of chariots, each drawn by two horses, with two men, one bearing the shield and driving, the other fully armed. The horses were thoroughbred, renowned for strength and spirit. Chariots are first represented on the monuments of the 18th dynasty. By “all the chariots of Egypt” we are to understand all that were stationed in Lower Egypt, most of them probably at Rameses and other frontier garrisons near the headquarters of Pharaoh.

Captains - The word שׁלישׁ shâlı̂ysh, literally “third or thirtieth,” may represent an Egyptian title. The king had about him a council of thirty, each of whom bore a title, Mapu, a “thirty man.” The word occurs frequently in the Books of Kings. David seems to have organized the Shalishim as a distinct corps (see 2 Samuel 23:8 Hebrew), retaining the old name, and adopting the Egyptian system.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 14:7. Six hundred chosen chariots, c. — According to the most authentic accounts we have of war-chariots, they were frequently drawn by two or by four horses, and carried three persons: one was charioteer, whose business it was to guide the horses, but he seldom fought the second chiefly defended the charioteer; and the third alone was properly the combatant. It appears that in this case Pharaoh had collected all the cavalry of Egypt; (see Exodus 14:17); and though these might not have been very numerous, yet, humanly speaking, they might easily overcome the unarmed and encumbered Israelites, who could not be supposed to be able to make any resistance against cavalry and war-chariots.


 
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