The animal most commonly associated with war and battle, the horse also appears figuratively in poetic and prophetic literature. Its domesticated usage was mainly for personal travel and the haulage of heavy loads.

Exodus 15:1

The military use of horses

Joshua 11:4
2 Kings 6:14-15
Exodus 14:9,28
Deuteronomy 11:4

Pharaoh's army:

Isaiah 43:16-17
1 Kings 20:1,20-21
Job 39:19-25

The battles between Israel and Aram:

Psalms 76:6
Isaiah 5:28
Jeremiah 4:13; 46:9; 51:21
Ezekiel 38:4
Habakkuk 1:8
Joshua 11:6

Disabling horses in wartime

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Joshua 11:9
2 Samuel 8:4
Micah 5:10

pp 1Ch 18:4

Isaiah 31:1

Warnings against reliance on horses

See also

Deuteronomy 17:16
Psalms 20:7; 33:17; 147:10
Esther 6:7-9

The ritual use of horses

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1 Samuel 8:11
2 Samuel 15:1
Jeremiah 22:4
Genesis 47:17

Horses as a means of exchange and a measure of wealth

1 Kings 4:26

See also

1 Kings 9:19; 10:25-26
2 Chronicles 9:28
Isaiah 2:7

pp 2Ch 1:14

2 Kings 5:9

Horses as a means of transport and for the haulage of loads

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2 Kings 14:20
Esther 8:10,14
Isaiah 21:7,9; 66:20

pp 2Ch 25:28

Psalms 32:9

Harness and tackle for horses

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2 Kings 19:28
Job 41:13
Isaiah 30:28; 37:29
Revelation 14:20
James 3:2-3

The figurative and prophetic use of horse imagery

Revelation 19:11

See also

2 Kings 13:14
Isaiah 28:28
Joel 2:4
Zechariah 1:6-8
Revelation 6:1-8; 9:17; 19:14
2 Kings 2:11

Heavenly horses

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2 Kings 6:17; 7:6

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