And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Syrians fled before Israel,.... After an obstinate and bloody fight between them:
and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians; the word "men" is rightly supplied, for…
Barnes' Notes
Seven hundred chariots - More probable than the “seven thousand” of 1Ch 19:18. The frequent errors in numbers arise from the practice of expressing numerals by letters, with one or more dots or dashes…
Adam Clarke
Seven Hundred chariots - and forty thousand Horsemen - In the parallel place, Ch1 19:18, it is said, David slew of the Syrians Seven Thousand men, which fought in chariots. It is difficult to…
Here is, 1. A new attempt of the Syrians to recover their lost honour and to check the progress of David's victorious arms. The forces that were lately dispersed rallied again, and gathered themselves…
Cambridge Bible
seven hundred chariots … forty thousand horsemen The present text of Chronicles has seven thousand chariots … forty thousand footmen. It seems best to retain the reading seven hundred chariots, and…
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