1 Samuel 8:11
Douay-Rheims
And said: This will be the right of the king, that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and will make them his horsemen, and his running footmen to run before his chariots,
George Leo Haydock
Chariots; to be drivers, (Menochius) or will make them fight from them. — Footmen, or guards. Xenophon places 4000 armed with bucklers before, and 2000 with lances all round the chariot of Cyrus. See chap. xxii. 17.
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1849 · 1 Kings (DR) 8:11
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.