Jeremiah 51:21 - "... with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer."

1 Kings 9:22 - "But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves; they were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen."

A chariot was a two-wheeled vehicle used mainly in war, although at first this was true of the other nations rather than Israel. Actually, because of its terrain, chariots were largely unsuited for use in Palestine, and for that reason, the Hebrews were slow to adopt them. As a consequence, the Canaanites, who used chariots studded with iron, or covered with plates of iron, kept the Hebrews from conquering the plains. They were still very rare at the time of David, but Solomon soon changed that. He imported horses from Ci…