Chariots
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897)
FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.
- Carriages for travelling, &c
- Carriages used in war
- Wheels of, described
- Bound with traces
- DRAWN BY
. Horses
. Asses and camels
- Value of in Solomon's time
- Drivers generally employed for
- Sometimes driven by the owners
- Sometimes driven furiously
- Bounding motion of, referred to
- Noise occasioned by, referred to
2Ki 7:6; Joe 2:5; Na 3:2; Re 9:9
- Introduced into Israel by David
- Multiplied by Solomon
- Imported from Egypt
- FOR WAR
. Armed with iron
. Lighted by night with torches
. Commanded by captains
. Advantageously manoeuvred in a flat country
. Formed part of the line of battle
. Used in pursuing enemies
. Kept in chariot cities
- USED IN WAR BY THE
. Egyptians
. Canaanites
. Philistines
. Syrians
. Assyrians
. Ethiopians
. Babylonians
. Jews
- Kings rode in, to battle
- Kings used, in common
- Persons of distinction used
Ge 41:43; 2Ki 5:9,21; Jer 17:25; Ac 8:28
- Often attended by running footmen
- Consecrated to the sun
- THE JEWS CONDEMNED FOR
. Multiplying
. Trusting to
. Taken in war, often destroyed
Jos 11:6,9; Jer 51:21; Mic 5:10; Na 2:13
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
. The clouds
. The judgments of God
. Angels
. Prophets
. Christ's love to his church
- Elijah taken to heaven in one of fire