He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
Parallel translations
- WEB and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
- KJV And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
- NKJV Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.
- NASB and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
- NLT He took with him 600 of Egypt’s best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with its commander.
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Quick answer
Pharaoh deploys six hundred choice chariots plus all Egypt's chariotry under captains, an overwhelming force.
Overview
The catalog of elite military might emphasizes the crushing odds against unarmed-for-battle Israel. Egypt's finest technology and leadership advance to reclaim God's people. By magnifying the enemy's strength, the narrative magnifies the salvation God is about to work without Israel lifting a sword.
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- Exod 15:4Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- Ps 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Ps 68:17The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
- Judg 4:15And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
- Isa 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
- Judg 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Exod 14:23And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
- Josh 17:16–18“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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