5252 chariots
Dictionary of Bible Themes

Horse-drawn vehicles used for carrying important people when travelling or on ceremonial occasions, and in war for carrying warriors. The chariot is used as a symbol of military power, the power of God and as a picture of God's angelic army.

Genesis 46:29

Chariots used for travelling

See also

Genesis 50:9
Judges 4:15
2 Samuel 15:1
1 Kings 12:18; 18:44; 20:33
2 Kings 5:21; 9:16,21; 10:16
Acts 8:28
Genesis 41:43

Chariots used on ceremonial occasions

See also

Genesis 50:9
Jeremiah 17:25
Exodus 14:6-7

Chariots used for carrying warriors

See also

Deuteronomy 11:4; 20:1
Joshua 11:4; 17:16
Judges 1:19; 4:13
1 Samuel 8:11; 13:5
2 Samuel 1:6; 8:4

the Philistines prepare for battle

1 Kings 10:26

pp 1Ch 18:4

1 Kings 20:1
2 Kings 6:14; 8:21; 10:2

pp 2Ch 1:14

1 Chronicles 19:6
2 Chronicles 12:3; 14:9
Ezekiel 23:24; 26:7,10

the Ammonites hire chariots and charioteers

Nahum 2:4
Psalms 20:7

The chariot as a symbol of military might

See also

2 Kings 19:23
Isaiah 2:7; 22:7,18; 31:1; 36:9
Jeremiah 50:37; 51:21

pp Isa 37:24

Micah 5:10
Nahum 2:13
Haggai 2:22
Psalms 104:3

The chariot as a symbol of God's mighty power

See also

2 Kings 2:11
Psalms 68:4,33
Isaiah 19:1
Ezekiel 1:15-21
Zechariah 6:1-8
2 Kings 6:17

God's mighty angelic army depicted by chariots

See also

Psalms 68:17
Isaiah 66:15
Jeremiah 4:13
Habakkuk 3:8

See also

4110 angels
4660 insects
5208 armies
5590 travel
5605 warfare
5622 witnesses
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