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New Defender's Study Bible Notes
4:3 chariots of iron. The notion that the “Iron Age” began only about 1000 B.C. is wrong. The Israelites did possess iron implements in the time of Moses (e.g., Numbers 35:16). In fact, iron was used even before the Noahic Flood (Genesis 4:22). Iron swords are frequently mentioned in Genesis.