⁷ He took six hundred of the best chariots,^(A) along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. ⁸ The Lord hardened the heart^(B) of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.^{(C) 9} The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses^(D) and chariots, horsemen^[a] and troops^(E)—pursued the Israelites and overtook^(F) them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.^(G)