Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

An hundred chariots

Bible References

Houghed

Deuteronomy 17:16
Further, he shall not acquire many [war] horses for himself, nor make the people return to Egypt in order to acquire horses [to expand his military power], since the Lord said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’
Joshua 11:6
Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow by this time I am going to hand over all of them slain [by the sword] to Israel; you shall hamstring (disable) their horses and set fire to their chariots.”
Psalm 20:7

Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
But we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalm 33:16

The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.

An hundred chariots

1 Kings 4:2
These were his [chief] officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the high priest;
1 Kings 10:26
Now Solomon collected chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.