²⁶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

²⁸ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

²³ So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.