Cross references

2 Samuel 8:4

David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

2 Samuel 8:4 BSB
  1. a LXX (see also DSS and 1 Chronicles 18:4); MT captured from him seventeen hundred charioteers

2 Samuel 8:4 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Joshua 11:6 (4 votes) and Joshua 11:9 (4 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 19 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 8:4 point to?

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  1. Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”

  2. Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

  3. But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

  4. Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

  5. David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

  6. Psalm 20:72 votes

    Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

  7. No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 8:4?

The 10 strongest of 22.