Cart

"A vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam." "6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, 'agalah (1 Sam. 6:7, 8), is" "also rendered "wagon" (Gen. 45:19). It is used also to denote a" war-chariot (Ps. 46:9). Carts were used for the removal of the "ark and its sacred utensils (Num. 7:3, 6). After retaining the" "ark amongst them for seven months, the Philistines sent it back" "to the Israelites. On this occasion they set it in a new cart," "probably a rude construction, with solid wooden wheels like that" "still used in Western Asia, which was drawn by two milch cows," which conveyed it straight to Beth-shemesh. "A "cart rope," for the purpose of fastening loads on carts, is used (Isa. 5:18) as a symbol of the power of sinful pleasures or habits over him who indulges them. (See [102]CORD.) In Syria and Palestine wheel-carriages for any other purpose than the conveyance of agricultural produce are almost unknown.