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The vehicle on which the Philistines sent back the Ark. David in error also used a 'new cart' to fetch it from Gibeah: a human arrangement which displeased the Lord. 1 Sam. 6; 2 Sam. 6: 3. The same word, agalah, is translated 'wagons,' which were sent from Egypt to bring Jacob and his family, Gen. 45: 19; and used for the carrying of parts of the tabernacle, Num. 7: 3, where they are called
'covered wagons,' but which some prefer to call 'litter-wagons.' On the Egyptian and Ninevite monuments many carts are portrayed with two wheels, and some of the wheels were made with spokes.