Chariots in Jewish Mythology

7 myths

Each story names the sources it was written from.

Parshat Beshalach 5 min

The Best Egyptians Drove Chariots into the Deep

Egypt's cattle had died in the plague. Six hundred chariots still rolled, pulled by beasts that belonged to men who had feared God.

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Myth 5 min

Sisera Bathed in a River and His Beard Caught Fish for an Army

By thirty Sisera had conquered the world in legend, with nine hundred chariots and a beard that trapped fish. The stars fought him into the mud.

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Parshat Beshalach 5 min

Egypt's Chariots Drag Themselves into the Sea

At the sea, fire burns chariot wheels while heavy labor returns on Egypt; clouds of glory still shelter the people who walk free.

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Parshat Beshalach 5 min

Pharaoh Harnessed His Chariot with His Own Hands

Hatred makes a king his own stable hand, six hundred chariots rise from Egyptians who once feared hail, and at the sea Israel splits into four panicked plans.

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Parshat Beshalach 5 min

Pharaoh Boasted, Then the Sea Held Him Under

Sand in front. Chariots behind. They told Moses they had already chosen Egypt over a death in the open desert.

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Myth 5 min

The Sea Took a Pledge and Kishon Paid Nine Hundred Chariots

They stood dry on the far bank and would not turn inland. The Sea kept Egypt's dead until a dry river signed for the debt.

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Myth 5 min

Sisera's Nine Hundred Chariots Sank in the Mud

Sisera counted nine hundred iron chariots as invincible armor until rain and stars turned his pride into a swamp of broken wheels.

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