26 (A)Solomon also had 40,000[a] stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 4:26 Hebrew; one Hebrew manuscript (see 2 Chronicles 9:25 and Septuagint of 1 Kings 10:26) 4,000

28 Barley also and straw for the horses and (A)swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.

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26 (A)And Solomon gathered together (B)chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the (C)chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as (D)the sycamore of the Shephelah. 28 And Solomon's (E)import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders received them from Kue at a price.

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Solomon Given Wealth

14 (A)Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. (B)He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed (C)in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. 16 And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders would buy them from Kue for a price. 17 They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels[a] of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 1:17 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

25 And Solomon had (A)4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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28 (A)And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

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