78 BATTLES OF THE BIBLE.

Javelins, and the very felloes with scythes, which tore
everything they met with to pieces. The axletree was
longer, and the wheels stronger than usual, that they
might be the better able to bear a shock, and the cha-
riot less liable to be overturned.” ;

Johnnie. They must have been fearful things for the
enemy, they could kill so many people at once.

Grandfather. They certainly must have been very
formidable machines, particularly to an enemy unaccus-
tomed to encounter them. Lest Israel might be alarmed
by this great host, and their warlike array, the Lord spoke
to Joshua, and promised to deliver all these people to be
slain; and as for their horses and chariots, they need
cause no dread, for the Israelites were to lame the horses,
and burn the chariots.

George. Lame the horses, grandfather ! it was a great
pity to do that; they would have been useful to the
Israelites when they went to war, for they had no ca-
valry.

Grandfather. They were forbidden to have any, lest
they should put their trust in them rather than in God,
or lest they should be entangled by the idolatries of the
nations from whom they would require to procure them.
The prophet Isaiah denounces “ woe upon them that go
down into Egypt for help, and stay on horses, and trust
in chariots, because they are many, and in horsemen
because they are strong, but they look not to the Holy
One of Israel, neither seek they the Lord.”

Johnnie. Tell us about the battle now, grandfather.