KJV King James Version
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
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Exodus 14:7
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
WEB World English Bible
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
ASV American Standard Version
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he taketh six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;
Surrounding context — Exodus 14
4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so.
5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses [and] chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקַּ֗חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeשֵׁשׁ־H8337 · sheshsixמֵא֥וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredרֶ֙כֶב֙H7393 · re.khevchariotבָּח֔וּרH977 · ba.charto chooseוְכֹ֖לH3605 · kolallרֶ֣כֶבH7393 · re.khevchariotמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוְשָׁלִשִׁ֖םH7991 · sha.lishthirdעַל־H5921 · aluponכֻּלּֽוֹ׃H3605 · kolall
Cross-references
Exodus 15:4Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.Psalm 68:17The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].Judges 4:15And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all [his] chariots, and all [his] host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off [his] chariot, and fled away on his feet.Isaiah 37:24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, [and] the forest of his Carmel.Exodus 14:23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, [even] all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.Judges 4:3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.Psalm 20:7Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.Joshua 17:16-18And 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, [both they] who [are] of Bethshean and her towns, and [they] who [are] of the valley of Jezreel.
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