What does the Bible say about horses in revolution?

In Bible times, horses were mostly valued for their role in war; we see this of the horses the Old Testament and the the horses in Revelation. Oxen and donkeys were used in agriculture, but you don't often find mention of horses without chariots. God had nothing against horses—He created them, after all. But He didn't want Israel to become dependent on them instead of relying on Him to win their battles. Joshua and David understood this, and when they captured horses from enemy troops they sometimes hamstrung them so they lived but they couldn't fight (Joshua 11:6; 2 Samuel 8:4).

When Solomon became king, he understood why his father had crippled the horses, but the poor beasts looked so forlorn and useless. In fact, everything seemed useless. He sat down and wrote what would become Ecclesiastes 1:3-8:

What do people gain from all their labors
     at which they toil under the sun?
Generations come and generations go,
     but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and the sun sets,
     and hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows to the south
     and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
     ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea,
     yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
     there they return again.
All things are wearisome,
     more than one can say.

At this point, Bathsheba rolled her eyes, told her emo child to go make himself some pizza rolls, and took herself for a walk. She happened upon the stables where the horses stood around, bored, swishing their tails, and had an idea. Yes, they were lame, but they were still strong enough for children. The words of her son, "Round and round it goes. . ." circled through her brain.

She surreptitiously purloined a couple of craftsmen who were working on Solomon's house ("Who needs eight bathrooms when indoor plumbing hasn't been invented, yet?" she wondered.) and a couple of the cedars of Lebanon. The craftsmen caught her idea and got to work right away. Within a week, they had built a multi-horse frame not unlike the one used by draft animals at grain mills. Meanwhile, Bathsheba commissioned the concubines to gather brightly colored feathers and gems and attach them to harnesses and saddles. The concubines decorated the horses, the craftsmen hitched them to the frame, and the children of Jerusalem rejoiced at what she called "The Horses in Revolution" and what we call the very first carousel.

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