Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 14:6

"And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:" — Exodus 14:6 (ASV)

He made ready his chariot. — Egyptian monarchs of the Rameside period almost always led their armies out to battle, and when they did so, uniformly rode with a single attendant, who acted as charioteer, in a two-horse chariot. “Made ready” means, of course, ordered to be made ready.