⁶ So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. ⁷ He took six hundred of the best chariots,^(A) along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. ⁸ The Lord hardened the heart^(B) of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.^(C)