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24 Solomon reigned over all places and people and kings to the west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah all the way to Gaza on the Mediterranean. Solomon’s reign had peace on all sides: 25 Judah and Israel lived in peace from Dan to Beersheba, with each man under his vine and beneath his fig tree, for Solomon’s entire life.

26 Solomon owned 40,000[a] horse stalls for the chariot horses, and he had 12,000 horsemen under his command.

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  1. 4:26 Some Greek manuscripts read, “4,000.”

24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah(A) to Gaza, and had peace(B) on all sides. 25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,(C) lived in safety,(D) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.(E)

26 Solomon had four[a] thousand stalls for chariot horses,(F) and twelve thousand horses.[b]

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  1. 1 Kings 4:26 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 9:25); Hebrew forty
  2. 1 Kings 4:26 Or charioteers