CHARIOTS, in the heathen mythology, were sometimes consecrated to the sun; and the scripture observes, that Josiah burnt those which had been offered to the sun by the king's predecessors. This superstitious
tious custom was an imitation of the heathens, and principally of the Persians, who had horses and chariots consecrated in honour of the sun. Herodotus, Xenophon, and Quintus Curtius, speak of white chariots crowned, which were consecrated to the sun, among the Persians, which in their ceremonies were drawn by white horses consecrated to the same luminary.