horse

A large solid-hoofed mammal. The first biblical reference to the horse is in (Gen 47:17), where Joseph trades horses and other livestock for food for his starving people in Egypt. In the Bible the horse is a symbol of power and most often associated with war. Even the heavenly armies are equipped with war horses (Rev 19:11; Rev 19:14). In (Deut 17:14-16) Moses tells the Israelites that if they elect a king, they should make sure that he does not “multiply horses for himself” or buy horses from Egypt, in other words, build up an army. Joshua killed the horses he had taken from the Canaanites (Josh 11:9), and David disposed of the horses he had captured, except for a hundred chariot teams (2Sam 8:4). King Solomon, on the other hand, is reported to have had stables for four thousand horses (2Chr 9:25) or even forty thousand (1Kgs 4:26).