Commentaire sur Samuel 2 8:4
וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד דָּוִ֜ד מִמֶּ֗נּוּ אֶ֤לֶף וּשְׁבַע־מֵאוֹת֙ פָּרָשִׁ֔ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִ֣ישׁ רַגְלִ֑י וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִד֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָרֶ֔כֶב וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מֵ֥אָה רָֽכֶב׃
David lui captura mille sept cents cavaliers et vingt mille hommes de pied, fit mutiler tous les attelages, et n’en conserva que cent.
Rashi on II Samuel
Dovid destroyed all the chariot [horses]. Because [of the verse], "He must not acquire an abundance of horses for himself"5One of the prohibitions specific to the kings of Yisroel. (See Devorim 17:16)
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Rashi on II Samuel
[With] one hundred chariot [horses] remaining. That he required for his riding entourage. [The word] chariot [refers to] four horses as it is said, (Divrei Hayomim II, 1:17) "Chariot for six hundred silver pieces and horses for one hundred and fifty." From here we learn that a chariot refers to four horses.6Given that a מֶרְכָּבָה fetched six hundred silver pieces, four times the one hundred and fifty cost of one horse.
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