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the sixteenth verse of the nth chapter of

the sixteenth verse of the nth chapter Of
Deuteronomy
solomon, as appears by the twenty-sixth
Verse, 4th chapter, Firss Kings had
1000 stalls Of horses for his chariot, and
1000 horsemen. | also find in second
Chronicles, 9th chapter twenty-flfth verse,
t at tbs number is stated at 900. Tal5 IS
supposed to refer to the stalls or stables only.
As an excuse for Solomon v!clati x the law
of Deuteronomy, IL is alleged by PHO that
he kept them, not out Of pride or vanity,
but merely as necessary guard TO his
Kingdom against ire lncursiols of the Phil
istincs. Solomon had horses brought out
OF Egypt, for which he paid 13J saekes of
silver each. aud WIN ch would amount to
sos Is.
1t is unfortunate for us that we have no
description of the form or color of the
horses during Solomon's time. Zacha "iah,
5l9 b. c., gives US color. II saw by nigat
and beheld man riding upon a rel horse,
and he stood among tho myrtle trees that
we're in the bottom, and behind him were
three red horses speclrlei and white" lack
first chap, Sth verse. And according
to Revelations, 9th chapter, fourth
verse a red horse was an emblem of
war and bloodshed. BY the second verse
we see there was a white horse, and from
the third verse that at the time the horse
had the power of speech: "And when ne
j
ond beast say, Come and see.'" And by
the fifth verse we not only find that the
power of speech was possessed by the horse
but that he was black: And when he had
opened the third seal l heard the third
beast say, Come and see and | beheld, and
10, black horse, and he that sat on him
had pair of balances In his hand"
The eighth verse reads: And looked
and behold pale no SO, and his name that
sat on HIM was Death, and hell followed
with him. And power was given unto him
over the fourth part of the earth to kill
with sword and with hunger and with
deaf and with the beasts of the earth"
We find many passages in the Biblewhere
an allusion Is made to the courage of the
horse, and his love for the battle The
Bible tells us that the hardness of the hoof
is reckoned among one of the best qualities
Of the horse In Micah, 4th chapter aud
thirteenth verse, arise and thresh, o
daughters of Zion, for / will make thine
horn iron, | will make thy hoofs brass; and
thou shalt beat in pieces many people, In
the thanksgiving sung by Deborah and
Barak, afte" the death of Sisera, Then
were the horse hoofs broken by tine means
mighty Ones' Wood says that this was
scornful allusion to the inferiority of the
enemy's horses, inasmuch as the hoofs of
the best horses should be like flint, and not
broken by the prancings.
The horse was used, us we find from the
Bible, to bear the rider into battle, to draw
the chariots, and to thresh out the grain.
The knowledge we get of the horse from the
Bible is very meagre, and perhaps the rea-
son for this is because we find from the 147th
Psalm that the Lord delighteth not in the
strength of the horse, for the tenth verse
reads: He delighteth not In the strength
of the horse; he taketh not pleasure in the
legs Of man.
We learn from the ninth verse of the Bed
Psalm of David that the horse, as well as
his half brother, the mule, was not consid-
cred wise. for the verse reads:
"Be We not as the horse or as the mule.
which have no understanding; whose
mouth must be held in with the bit and
bride, lest they come near unto thee" We
also see from the same verse that at that
time the ancients used the bit and the bri-
die.
According to Birch, the horse or stallion
was called htnr, if that indeed does not
mean the pair or yoke of the chariot, as the
two horses only bore one name. The name
of the female horse was Ses-,nut, the last
word either expressing mother" like the
English 'mare, or the plural and is Semi
tic, being the same as the Hebrew sus-i3n
1t does not appear In the monuments till
the time of the eighteenth dynasty, and af-
Ter tnat was an important ana mighty eS-
teemed animal
Prior to the Shepherd invasion the ass
was used for the purpose of transport, but
there is no representation of its being rid
den astride Though prior to the invention
of chariots a kind of seat or pillou was
occasionally used on its lack. Camerarius
processes to unite all the projections which
a horse ought to possess. 1t must have
three parts like those of a woman. The
breast must be broad, the hips round and
the name long. 1t must in three things
res mble lion; its countenance must be
fierce, its courage must be great, and its
fury irresistible. 1t must have three things
belonging to the sheep; the nose, gentleness,
and patience. 1t must have three of the
deer; head, legs, and skin. 1t must have
three of the wolf; throat, neck, and hear
ing. 1t must have three of the fox; ear,
tail, and trot. Three of a serpent: mem
DRY, sight, and fiexibility; and lastly three
of hare; running, walking, and persever-
ance. With so many threes of kind, the
horse cannot help but draw.