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)

[8:4]  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.

[8:4]  ² tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them a hundred chariot horses.”

[18:38]  ³ tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”

[18:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “until they are unable to rise.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “until they do not rise.”

[18:38]  ⁵ sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.

[46:11]  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.

[46:11]  ⁷ tn That is, Israel, or Judah (see Ps 20:1).

[46:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “our elevated place” (see Pss 9:9; 18:2).