Lexicon :: Strong's G2460 - hippeus

“Dan will be a snake by the road,

a viper beside the path,

that bites the horse’s heels

so that its rider falls backward.

Horses and chariots went up with him; it was a very impressive procession.

The Egyptians ​— ​all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his horsemen,[fn] 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.

He said, “These are the rights of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and put them to his use in his chariots, on his horses, or running in front of his chariots.

The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: three thousand[fn] chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.[fn]

David captured seventeen hundred horsemen[fn] and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots.[fn]

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers.[fn] He also struck down Shobach commander of their army, who died there.

Adonijah son of Haggith kept exalting himself, saying, “I will be king! ” He prepared chariots, cavalry, and fifty men to run ahead of him.[fn]

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon had imposed to build the LORD’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to slavery; they were soldiers, his servants, his commanders, his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.

As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ”

When he could see him no longer, he took hold of his own clothes, tore them in two,

Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing.

When Elisha became sick with the illness from which he died, King Jehoash of Israel went down and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ”

“How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

When the Ammonites realized they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent thirty-eight tons[fn] of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, all the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.

But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to be slaves for his work; they were soldiers, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.

Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. He stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

“Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? When you depended on the LORD, he handed them over to you.

So they arrested her, and she went by the entrance of the Horse Gate to the king’s palace, where they put her to death.

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.”

I went to the governors of the region west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent officers of the infantry and cavalry with me.

The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses at the king’s urgent command. The law was also issued in the fortress of Susa.

That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”

“When he sees riders —

pairs of horsemen,

riders on donkeys,

riders on camels —

he must pay close attention.”

Your best valleys were full of chariots,

and horsemen were positioned at the city gates.

Every city flees

at the sound of the horseman and the archer.

They enter the thickets

and climb among the rocks.

Every city is abandoned;

no inhabitant is left.

Harness the horses;

mount the steeds;[fn]

take your positions with helmets on!

Polish the lances;

put on armor!

“dressed in blue, governors and prefects, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on steeds.

“She lusted after the Assyrians: governors and prefects, warriors splendidly dressed, horsemen riding on steeds, all of them desirable young men.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I am about to bring King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a huge assembly of troops.

“His horses will be so numerous that their dust will cover you. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.

“Those from Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise.

“I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, including horses and riders, who are all splendidly dressed, a huge assembly armed with large and small shields, all of them brandishing swords.

“At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships. He will invade countries and sweep through them like a flood.

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,

and I will deliver them by the LORD their God.

I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,

or by horses and cavalry.

Their appearance is like that of horses,

and they gallop like war horses.

The archer will not stand his ground,

the one who is swift of foot

will not save himself,

and the one riding a horse will not save his life.

The shields of his[fn] warriors are dyed red;

the valiant men are dressed in scarlet.

The fittings of the chariot flash like fire

on the day of its battle preparations,

and the spears are brandished.

Charging horseman,

flashing sword,

shining spear;

heaps of slain,

mounds of corpses,

dead bodies without end —

they stumble over their dead.

Their horses are swifter than leopards

and more fierce[fn] than wolves of the night.

Their horsemen charge ahead;

their horsemen come from distant lands.

They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.