OLD TESTAMENT

Joshua 11:4

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They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.

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Verse 4. Shore. The Scripture sometimes uses an hyperbole, as well as the other figures of speech. Saint Augustine Calmet. D. xvi. 21. Josephus says they had 300,000 foot, 10,000 horse, and 20,000 chariots. These were frequently armed with scythes. The ancient heroes often fought on chariots of a different kind. Calmet.

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