<p class="bodytext">One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">At the sound of your battle cry,<n id="1" /> O God of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">both rider<n id="2" /> and horse &#8220;fell asleep.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army.<n id="1" /> They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.p>

You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers,<n id="1" /> with warriors and all the soldiers,&#8217; declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.<n id="1" />

They<n id="1" /> entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him<n id="2" /> in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.p>

He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses.<n id="1" /> Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city&#8217;s broken walls.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Archers<n id="1" /> will not hold their ground;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">fast runners will not save their lives,p> <p class="poetry">nor will those who ride horses.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry<n id="1" /> and troops<n id="2" /> who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the <sc>Lordsc> your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

The descendants of Joseph said, &#8220;The whole hill country<n id="1" /> is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria<n id="1" /> and besieged and attacked it.<n id="2" />

Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots.<n id="1" /> Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.&#8221; He approved their plan and did as they advised.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The prophet&#8217;s<n id="1" /> attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Oh no, my master! What will we do?&#8221;

Then Elisha prayed, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, open his eyes so he can see.&#8221; The <sc>Lordsc> opened the servant&#8217;s eyes and he saw that<n id="1" /> the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

<p class="poetry">Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!p> <p class="poetry">Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">Look! Your king is coming to you:p> <p class="poetry">he is legitimate<n id="1" /> and victorious,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">humble and riding on a donkey<n id="3" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.p>