Seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen. — Heb., seven thousand chariotry (rèkeb), &c. Samuel reads, “seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horse-men.” Such deviations seem to indicate independent sources. We can hardly choose between the two accounts; but “horsemen” may be more correct than “footmen.” (See 1 Chronicles 18:4.)

And killed Shophach... — Abridged statement. (Comp. 2 Samuel 10:18.)

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