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CART

A wheeled vehicle drawn by horses (Isa. 28:28) or cows (1 Sam. 6:7) that is used to transport people or goods. Carts were most often employed for agricultural work (Isa. 28:27; Amos 12:13), but one was used to carry the ark of the covenant (1 Sam. 6:7; 2 Sam. 6:3 = 1 Chr. 13:7). The ropes that pull a cart are used as an analogy for the way in which one pulls sin behind him (Isa. 5:18), while a laden cart is a symbol for punishment given by God for Israel’s transgressions (Amos 2:13).

Nonbiblical sources suggest that carts with four disc wheels were used in battle, but this type of vehicle has been found only in agricultural or mythological contexts. A cart’s weight and lack of maneuverability would not allow for outstanding performance on the battlefield, nor would the rough terrain in the land of Israel be suitable for it. The two-wheeled chariot was clearly used in military contexts. Information gleaned from wall and vase paintings, reliefs, actual chariots, the context of horse skeletons, and literary descriptions suggests that the cart seems to have been accessible to all, while the chariot was the prerogative of the elite in the ancient world.

Katharine A. Mackay

Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

CART

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)