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Early wheels were solid wooden discs. These were replaced around 1500 B.C. by lighter, spoked wheels. The most common use of wheels is on chariots and carts; they were also used by potters and in machinery for drawing water from a well. The chariot throne of God has wheels which are vividly described.

Chariot wheels

Ex 14:25; Na 3:2 The sound of chariot wheels announces the approach of the enemy. See also 2Ki 7:6; Isa 5:28; Jer 47:3; Joel 2:5; Rev 9:9

Wagon wheels

Threshing wheels

Pr 20:26 Threshing was carried out by driving a sledge or a cart with heavy wheels over the grain. See also Isa 28:27-28

Other examples of wheels

1Ki 7:32-33 The stands for basins in Solomon’s temple were mounted on wheels. See also 1Ki 7:30; Ecc 12:6 A wheel formed part of the machinery for drawing water from a well; Jer 18:3 Potters turned their clay on a wheel.

The wheels of God’s chariot throne

Eze 11:22-23; Da 7:9 See also 2Ki 2:11; Isa 66:15; Eze 1:15-21; Eze 3:12-13; Eze 10:1-19

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