Chariots of the Sun
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Chariots of the Sun

CHARIOTS OF THE SUN

(markebhoth ha-shemesh): These, together with "horses of the sun," are mentioned in 2 Kings 23:11. They are said to have stood in the temple, a gift of the kings of Judah. Josiah removed the horses from the precincts of the temple and burned the chariots. Among the Greeks, Helios was endowed with horses and chariots. Thus the course of the sun as he sped across the skies was understood by the mythological mind of antiquity. The Babylonian god Shamash (= Hebrew Shemesh) likewise had his chariot and horses as well as his charioteer. The cult of the sun and other heavenly bodies which was particularly in vogue during the latter days of the Judean monarchy (compare 2 Kings 23:5 Ezekiel 8:16; Deuteronomy 17:3 Jeremiah 8:2) seems to have constituted an element of the Canaanitish religion (compare the names of localities like Beth-shemesh and the like). The chariots of the sun are also referred to in Enoch 72:5, 37; 75:4, and Greek Apocrypha of Baruch 6.

Max L. Margolis

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Cars

Chariots

Chariots for War used in Pursuing Enemies

Chariots for War: Advantageously Manoeuvred in a Flat Country

Chariots for War: Armed With Iron

Chariots for War: Commanded by Captains

Chariots for War: Formed Part of the Line of Battle

Chariots for War: Kept in Chariot Cities

Chariots for War: Lighted by Night With Torches

Chariots of the Sun

Chariots used in War by The: Assyrians

Chariots used in War by The: Babylonians

Chariots used in War by The: Canaanites

Chariots used in War by The: Egyptians

Chariots used in War by The: Ethiopians

Chariots used in War by The: Jews

Chariots used in War by The: Philistines

Chariots used in War by The: Syrians

Chariots: Angels

Chariots: Bound With Traces

Chariots: Bounding Motion of, Referred To

Chariots: Carriages for Travelling

Chariots: Carriages Used in War

Chariots: Christ's Love to his Church

Chariots: Consecrated to the Sun

Chariots: Drawn by Asses and Camels

Chariots: Drawn by Horses

Chariots: Drivers Generally Employed For

Chariots: Elijah Taken to Heaven in One of Fire

Chariots: Imported from Egypt

Chariots: Introduced Into Israel by David

Chariots: Kings Rode In, to Battle

Chariots: Kings Used, in Common

Chariots: Multiplied by Solomon

Chariots: Noise Occasioned By, Referred To

Chariots: Often Attended by Running Footmen

Chariots: Persons of Distinction Used

Chariots: Prophets

Chariots: Sometimes Driven by the Owners

Chariots: Sometimes Driven Furiously

Chariots: The Clouds

Chariots: The Jews Condemned For: Multiplying

Chariots: The Jews Condemned For: Taken in War, often Destroyed

Chariots: The Jews Condemned For: Trusting To

Chariots: The Judgments of God

Chariots: Value of in Solomon's Time

Chariots: Wheels of, Described

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