²⁶ Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.^[a] He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.

²⁵ Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses.^[a] He stationed some of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem.

²⁶ Solomon had 4,000^[a] stalls for his chariot horses, and he had 12,000 horses.^[b]

¹⁹ He built towns as supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses^[a] could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm.

¹⁶ “The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.’

¹⁴ Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.^[a] He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.^{[b] 16} Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt^[c] and from Cilicia^[d]; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price. ¹⁷ At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver,^[e] and horses for 150 pieces of silver.^[f] They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.