Cart @ a vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen ( 2Samuel:6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, _'agalah_ ( 1Samuel:6:7-8), is also rendered "wagon" Genesis:45:19). It is used also to denote a war-chariot Psalms:46:9). Carts were used for the removal of the ark and its sacred utensils Numbers:7:3Numbers:7:6). 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 Isaiah:5:18) as a symbol of the power of sinful pleasures or habits over him who indulges them. (See CORD.) In Syria and Palestine wheel-carriages for any other purpose than the conveyance of agricultural produce are almost unknown.
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