1 Chronicles 19:7

King James Version (KJV)

So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Thirty and two thousand - The whole number mentioned in Samuel is, Syrians, of Beth-rehob, and of Zoba, twenty thousand; of King Maacah, one thousand; of Ish-tob, twelve thousand; in all thirty-three thousand. Of chariots or cavalry there is no mention. These could not have been the whole army.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

They hired thirty and two thousand chariots - The reading is corrupt. Such a number as 32,000 chariots alone was never brought into battle on any occasion. Compare the numbers in Exodus 14:7; 1 Kings 10:26; 2 Chronicles 12:3. The largest force which an Assyrian king ever speaks of encountering is 3,940. The words “and horsemen” have probably fallen out of the text after the word “chariots” (compare 1 Chronicles 19:6). The 32,000 would be the number of the warriors serving on horseback or in chariots; and this number would agree closely with 2 Samuel 10:6, as the following table shows:

d 2 Samuel 10:6 Men

d Syrians of Beth-rehob and Zobah20,000

d Syrians of Ish-tob12,000

d Syrians of Maachah1,000

d Total33,000

d 1 Chronicles 19:7 Men

d Syrians of Zobah, etc.32,000

d Syrians of Machah (number not given)1,000

d Total33,000

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