Endued with strength by God Job 39:19
DESCRIBED AS
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
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
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