2Sa 8:4 | NET2full | STEP | David seized from him 1,700 charioteers and 20,000 infantrymen . David cut the hamstrings of all but 100 of the chariot horses .

2 Samuel 8:4

4 David seized from him 1,700 charioteers ^{▼▼tc The LXX has “1,000 chariots and 7,000 charioteers,” a reading adopted in the text of the NIV. See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:4.} and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but 100 of the chariot horses. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them 100 chariot horses.”}