²⁶ Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.^(A)

²⁶ Solomon gathered together chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.^(A)

²⁸ Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price.^(A)

Alliance with Egypt Is Futile

¹⁵ But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?^(A)