⁶ For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians ^(A)hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us ^(B)the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us.”

²⁴ And ^(A)when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, ^(B)for then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

²⁹ A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king's traders they were exported to all the kings of ^(A)the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

⁹ they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was ^(A)like the noise of many chariots with ^(B)horses rushing into battle.

⁵ And ^(A)the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, ^(B)like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

⁹ How then can you repulse ^(A)a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when ^(B)you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

^2 (A)In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, ^(B)Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem ³ with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—^(C)Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians.