So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

They hired thirty and two thousand chariots, х rekeb (H7393) chariots] - but also riders, or cavalry, accustomed to fight either on horseback or so chariots, and occasionally on foot; and accepting this as the true rendering, the number of hires auxiliaries mentioned in this passage agrees exactly with the statement in 2 Samuel 10:6 (see Davidson's 'Hermeneutics,' p. 552). 20,000 from Zobah, 12,000 from Tob, equal to 32,000, and 1,000 with the king of Maachah.

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