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Horse, The

Endued with strength by God—Job 39:19

DESCRIBED AS

• Strong
• —Ps 33:17; 147:10
• Swift
• —Isa 30:16; Jer 4:13; Hab 1:8
• Fearless
• —Job 39:20,22
• Fierce and impetuous
• —Job 39:21,24
• Warlike in disposition
• —Job 39:21; Jer 8:6
• Sure footed
• —Isa 63:13

Want of understanding in, alluded to—Ps 32:9

Hard hoofs of, alluded to—Isa 5:28

Loud snorting of, alluded to—Jer 8:16; Job 39:20

COLOURS OF, MENTIONED

• White
• —Zec 1:8; 6:3; Re 6:2
• Black
• —Zec 6:2,6; Re 6:5
• Red
• —Zec 1:8; 6:2; Re 6:4
• Speckled
• —Zec 1:8
• Bay
• —Zec 6:3,7
• Grisled
• —Zec 6:3,6
• Pale or ash colour
• —Re 6:8

Fed on grain and herbs—1Ki 4:28; 18:5

USED FOR

• Mounting calvary
• —Ex 14:9; 1Sa 13:5
• Drawing chariots
• —Mic 1:13; Zec 6:2
• Bearing burdens
• —Ezr 2:66; Ne 7:68
• Hunting
• —Job 39:18
• Conveying posts, &c
• —2Ki 9:17-19; Es 8:10

Kings and princes rode on—Es 6:8-11; Eze 23:23

Governed by bit and bridle—Ps 32:9; Jas 3:3

Urged on by whips—Pr 26:3

Adorned with bells on the neck—Zec 14:20

Numbers of, kept for war—Jer 51:27; Eze 26:10

Prepared and trained for war—Pr 21:31

In battle protected by armour—Jer 46:4

Vanity of trusting to—Ps 33:17; Am 2:15

THE JEWS

• Forbidden to multiply
• —De 17:16
• Imported from Egypt
• —1Ki 10:28,29
• Multiplied in Solomon's reign
• —1Ki 4:26
• Condemned for multiplying
• —Isa 2:7
• Not to trust in
• —Ho 14:3
• Condemned for trusting to
• —Isa 30:16; 31:3
• Brought back many, from Babylon
• —Ezr 2:66

Notice of early traffic in—Ge 47:17

Sold in fairs and markets—Eze 27:14; Re 18:13

OFTEN SUFFERED

• From blindness
• —Zec 12:4
• From plague
• —Zec 14:15
• From murrain
• —Ex 9:3
• From bites of serpents
• —Ge 49:17
• In the hoof from prancing
• —Jud 5:22
• In battle
• —Jer 51:21; Hag 2:22

Dedicated to the sun by idolaters—2Ki 23:11

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• Beauty of the church
• —So 1:9; Zec 10:3
• Glorious and triumphant deliverance of the church
• —Isa 63:13
• A dull headstrong disposition
• —Ps 32:9
• Impetuosity of the wicked in sin
• —Jer 8:6