⁴ David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung^(A) all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

⁴ David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers^[a] and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung^(A) all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

²⁶ Solomon accumulated chariots and horses;^(A) he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,^[a] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

² And these were his chief officials:^(A)

⁹ Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

⁶ The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand^(A) all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring^(B) their horses and burn their chariots.”^(C)

¹⁶ The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses^(A) for himself^(B) or make the people return to Egypt^(C) to get more of them,^(D) for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.”^(E)