1 Chronicles 18:4 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Chronicles 18:4, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler reports David's defeat of Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched to secure his power along the Euphrates. Hamstringing the captured horses was a way of rendering them useless for war, leaving only a hundred for David's own chariots.
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