THE HORSE AND ITS SYMBOLIC POWER

The Horse was first introduced to Palestine by the Hyksos (ruler[s] of foreign countries). The Hyksos were an overpowering people of mixed origins, in swift chariots, that came from Western Asia, and settled in the Eastern Nile Delta, some time before 1650 BC. They were the first Asiatics to settle in Egypt. There was no major battle, just a steady influx of settlers who worked themselves into positions of power while retaining their own cultural differences. Excavations at Tell El-Dab'a confirms that the settlement was constantly evolving and changing as the new cultures adapted to the Egyptian way of life. Settlements discovered in Tell El-Ajjul (Southern Palestinian), Ebla (Syrian) and Byblos (Lebanon) share many characteristics with the settlement at Tell El-Dab'a.
Kamose, the last king of the Theban 17th Dynasty, refers to Apo-Phis as a Chieftain of Re-Tjenu (Canaan) in a stella that implies a Canaanite background for this Hyksos king. The names, order, and even the total number of the 15th Dynasty rulers are not known with full certainty. The names appear in hieroglyphs on monuments and small objects such as jar lids and scarabs.
The quadruped animal, with its hard hoofs (Isa. 5:28), flowing mane and tall (Job 39:19), has, from ancient times, been closely associated with man, who has used the bridle and the whip to control it. (Ps.32:9; Prov. 26:3; Jas. 3:3).
God, the Creator of this animal, when reproving Job, described some of the horse's principal characteristics: its great strength, its snoring with its large nostrils, its pawing the ground in impatient, its excitement at the prospect, and its not being terrified by the clashing of weapons. (Job 39:19-25).
Horses always belonged to the royalty since only kings could afford their maintenance.
They had little value for the ordinary Israelite, who utilized asses and mules in daily life.
The 1st specific mention of the Horse in the Bible is with reference to Joseph's administration in Egypt, when he accepted from the famine-stricken people horses and other livestock in exchange for grain. (Gen.47:17).
Twice the Biblical record reports that the Egyptians experienced a blow to their horses. First there was the divinely sent pestilence on the livestock (Ex.9:3-6), and then, at the time of the Exodus, Pharaoh's hosts, "horse and rider," were drowned in the Red Sea. (Ex.14:9; 15:1.
The Philistines mustered 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen against King Saul. (1Sam 13).
David kept only 100 horses for himself, choosing instead to hamstring those he had captured. (2Sam 8).
However, horses were a mainstay of Solomon's power -he had 4,000 stalls and 12,000 horses. (1Kgs 4), and were a prime weapon in the Israelite military. At the Battle of Qarqar, Ahab contributed 2,000 chariots to the coalition against the Assyrians.
The Horse Gate, located in the South East corner of the City Wall (Jer.31:40; Neh.3:28), demonstrated how horses had become essential to Jerusalem.
While the text says that Solomon imported his horses from Egypt (1King10), the Egyptians imported them from Anatolia.
About 2/3 of the biblical references to Horses are metaphorical. Horses are used to refer to the dangers of kingship and militarism (Deut.17:14-16; Ps.20:7; Isa.2:7). They also figure in the apocalyptic imagery of Revelation (Rev.6:2,4-5; 19:11,14,19,21).
SOME OF THE MOST RELEVANT VERSES ABOUT HORSES:
Exodus 15:Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said,"I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; 'the horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.'      
Joshua11: They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.
2Kings 6: He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. His servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"       Exodus 14: Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-Hahi-Roth, in front of Baal-Zeph-On.      
1King1 All storage cities that belonged to Solomon, then the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.      
1King 9 But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to slavery; they were soldiers, his servants, his commanders, his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.
1King10 Solomon accumulated chariots and cavalry. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 cavalry soldiers. He stationed them in various chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.