2 Samuel 8:4

2 Samuel 8:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers8:4 Septuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

4And David captured from him 8:4 Here LXX reads as 1 Chr 18:4; partial DSS text appears to also1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

4David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

4David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. David also hamstrung all the chariot horses (making them lame), but reserved enough of them for a hundred chariots.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

4David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers,8:4 LXX (see also DSS and 1 Chronicles 18:4); MT captured from him seventeen hundred charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

4David captured 1,000 of Hadadezer’s chariots, 7,000 chariot riders and 20,000 soldiers on foot. He cut the legs of all but 100 of the chariot horses.

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