Exodus 14:7 (GNV)

Passage

And tooke sixe hundreth chosen charets, and all the charets of Egypt, and captaines ouer euery one of them.

Nearby Context

Exodus 14:5 Then it was told the King of Egypt, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his seruants was turned against the people, and they sayde, Why haue we this done, and haue let Israel go out of our seruice?

Exodus 14:6 And he made ready his charets, and tooke his people with him,

Exodus 14:7 And tooke sixe hundreth chosen charets, and all the charets of Egypt, and captaines ouer euery one of them.

Exodus 14:8 (For the Lord had hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he followed after the children of Israel: but the children of Israel went out with an hie hand)

Exodus 14:9 And the Egyptians pursued after them, and all the horses and charets of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his hoste ouertooke them camping by the Sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "tooke", "sixe", "hundreth", "chosen", "charets", "egypt", and "captaines". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "tooke" and "sixe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And he made ready his charets and..." into verse 8's "For the Lord had hardened the heart...", so "tooke" and "sixe" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "tooke" and "sixe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.