²⁶ 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. ²⁷ The king made silver as common as^[a] stones in Jerusalem, and made cedar trees as abundant as sycamore^[b] trees in the Shephelah.^{[c] 28} Solomon imported horses from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s buyers procured them at market price from Kue. ²⁹ A chariot from Egypt cost 600 pieces^[d] of silver, and a horse 150 pieces of silver,^[e] but then they were exported to all the Hittite kings and to the Aramean kings.

²⁵ Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, along with 12,000 cavalry soldiers. He stationed them in various chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. ²⁶ King Solomon^[a] ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates^[b] River west^[c] to the land of the Philistines and as far south as the boundary with Egypt.

²⁷ The king made silver as common as^[d] stones in Jerusalem, and made cedar trees as abundant as sycamore trees in the Shephelah.^{[e] 28} They also kept bringing horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all of the surrounding^[f] countries.