Yosua 11:6

11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn ¹  their chariots.”

Yosua 11:9

11:9 Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned ²  their chariots.

Yosua 11:2

11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in ³  the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, ⁴  the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west.

1 Samuel 8:4

8:4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.

1 Samuel 8:1

Israel Seeks a King

8:1 In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

1 Tawarikh 18:4

18:4 David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, ⁵  and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer’s ⁶  chariot horses. ⁷ 

[11:6]  ¹ tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[11:9]  ² tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”

[11:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).

[11:2]  sn Kinnereth was a city in Galilee located near the Sea of Galilee (Deut 3:17). The surrounding region also became known by this name (1 Kgs 15:20; cf. Matt 14:34), and eventually even the lake itself (Josh 12:3; cf. Luke 5:1).

[18:4]  ⁵ tn Or “horsemen.”

[18:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Hadadezer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them one hundred chariot horses.”