2 Samuel 8:4

8:4 David seized from him 1,700 charioteers 1  and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of the chariot horses. 2 

Psalms 18:38

18:38 I beat them 3  to death; 4 

they fall at my feet. 5 

Psalms 46:11

46:11 The Lord who commands armies is on our side! 6 

The God of Jacob 7  is our protector! 8  (Selah)

1 tc The LXX has “one thousand chariots and seven thousand charioteers,” a reading adopted in the text of the NIV. See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:4.

2 tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them a hundred chariot horses.”

3 tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”

4 tn Heb “until they are unable to rise.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “until they do not rise.”

5 sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.

6 tn Heb “the Lord of hosts is with us.” The title “Lord of hosts” here pictures the Lord as a mighty warrior-king who leads armies into battle (see Ps 24:10). The military imagery is further developed in vv. 8-9.

7 tn That is, Israel, or Judah (see Ps 20:1).

8 tn Heb “our elevated place” (see Pss 9:9; 18:2).