Carts
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]
Or wagons were used in Palestine formerly, though now almost unknown. The roads are generally impassable by any wheeled vehicle; and the chief use of the cart was on a limited scale for agricultural purposes, such as forcing the ripe grain out of the ear, bruising the straw, removing the produce of the fields, etc., Isaiah 5:18; 28:27,28 . Wagons were used to carry Israel into Egypt, and for the conveyance of the ark, Genesis 45:27; Numbers 7:3-9 . They were often drawn by heifers, etc., 1 Samuel 6:7 , and were usually low, and on solid wooden wheels, sometimes iron-shod.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
Drawn by cattle ( 2 Samuel 6:6). Open or covered ( Numbers 20:3). The Chariot was drawn by horses. There are scarcely any roads in Syria and Palestine, so that horse carriages are almost unknown. The cart wheels are often of solid wood. WAGONS: Genesis 45:19 Goods are mostly conveyed on the backs of camels, asses, oxen. The Assyrian wagon is seen represented in bas-relief on the monuments at Nimrud and Koyunjik.
