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David captured seventeen hundred charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers[a] from him. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but he left enough horses for a hundred chariots.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:4 In 1 Chronicles 18:4 different statistics are reported.

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.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:4 Septuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

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