New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Chariots

• Carriages for travelling, &c Gen. 46:29
• Carriages used in war 1 Ki. 20:25
• Wheels of, described 1 Ki. 7:33
• Bound with traces Mic. 1:13
• Drawn by
  • Horses 2 Ki. 10:2; Song 1:9
  • Asses and camels Isa. 21:7
• Value of in Solomon's time 1 Ki. 10:29
• Drivers generally employed for 1 Ki. 22:34; 2 Chr. 18:33
• Sometimes driven by the owners 2 Ki. 9:16, 20
• Sometimes driven furiously 2 Ki. 9:20; Isa. 5:28; Jer. 4:13
• Bounding motion of, referred to Nah. 3:2
• Noise occasioned by, referred to 2 Ki. 7:6; Joel 2:5; Nah. 3:2; Rev. 9:9
• Introduced into Israel by David 2 Sam. 8:4
• Multiplied by Solomon 1 Ki. 10:26
• Imported from Egypt 1 Ki. 10:28, 29
• For war
  • Armed with iron Josh. 17:16; Judg. 1:19
  • Lighted by night with torches Nah. 2:3
  • Commanded by captains Ex. 14:7; 1 Ki. 16:9
  • Advantageously manoeuvred in a flat country Judg. 1:19; 1 Ki. 20:23-25
  • Formed part of the line of battle 1 Ki. 20:25
  • Used in pursuing enemies Ex. 14:9; 2 Sam. 1:6
  • Kept in chariot cities 1 Ki. 9:19, 10:26
• Used in war by the
  • Egyptians Ex. 14:7; 2 Ki. 18:24
  • Canaanites Josh. 17:16; Judg. 4:3
  • Philistines 1 Sam. 13:5
  • Syrians 2 Sam. 10:18; 1 Ki. 20:1
  • Assyrians 2 Ki. 19:23
  • Ethiopians 2 Chr. 14:9, 16:8
  • Babylonians Ezek. 23:24, 26:7
  • Jews 2 Ki. 8:21, 10:2
• Kings rode in, to battle 1 Ki. 22:35
• Kings used, in common 1 Ki. 12:18, 18:44
• Persons of distinction used Gen. 41:43; 2 Ki. 5:9, 21; Jer. 17:25; Acts 8:28
• Often attended by running footmen 1 Sam. 8:11; 2 Sam. 15:1; 1 Ki. 1:5
• Consecrated to the sun 2 Ki. 23:11
• The Jews condemned for
  • Multiplying Isa. 2:7
  • Trusting to Isa. 22:18, 31:1
  • Taken in war, often destroyed Josh. 11:6, 9; Jer. 51:21; Mic. 5:10; Nah. 2:13
• Illustrative of
  • The clouds Ps. 104:3
  • The judgments of God Isa. 66:15
  • Angels 2 Ki. 6:16, 17; Ps. 68:17
  • Prophets 2 Ki. 2:12, 13:14
  • Christ's love to his church Song 6:12
• Elijah taken to heaven in one of fire 2 Ki. 2:11