5252 chariots
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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.

Chariots used for travelling

Genesis 46:29 See also Genesis 50:9; Judges 4:15; 2 Samuel 15:1; 1 Kings 12:18; Kings 18:44; Kings 20:33; 2 Kings 5:21; Kings 9:16,21; Kings 10:16; Acts 8:28

Chariots used on ceremonial occasions

Genesis 41:43 See also Genesis 50:9; Jeremiah 17:25

Chariots used for carrying warriors

Exodus 14:6-7 See also Deuteronomy 11:4; Deuteronomy 20:1; Joshua 11:4; Joshua 17:16; Judges 1:19; Judges 4:13; 1 Samuel 8:11; Samuel 13:5 the Philistines prepare for battle; 2 Samuel 1:6; Samuel 8:4 pp 1 Chronicles 18:4; 1 Kings 10:26 pp 2 Chronicles 1:14; 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 6:14; Kings 8:21; Kings 10:2; 1 Chronicles 19:6 the Ammonites hire chariots and charioteers; 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 C 9; Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 26:7,10; Nahum 2:4

The chariot as a symbol of military might

Psalm 20:7 See also 2 Kings 19:23 pp Isaiah 37:24; Isaiah 2:7; Isaiah 22:7,18; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 36:9; Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:21; Micah 5:10; Nahum 2:13; Haggai 2:22

The chariot as a symbol of God's mighty power

Psalm 104:3 See also 2 Kings 2:11; Psalm 68:4,33; Isaiah 19:1; Ezekiel 1:15-21; Zechariah 6:1-8

God's mighty angelic army depicted by chariots

2 Kings 6:17 See also Psalm 68:17; Isaiah 66:15; Jeremiah 4:13; Habakkuk 3:8

See also

4110  angels
4657  horse
5208  armies
5590  travel
5605  warfare
5621  wheel



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