2 Chronicles 1:14-17
New English Translation
Solomon’s Wealth
14 Solomon accumulated[a] chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses . He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.[b] 15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful[c] in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was[d] as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.[e] 16 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt[f] and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que. 17 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.[g]
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- 2 Chronicles 1:14 tn Or “gathered.”
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
- 2 Chronicles 1:15 tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- 2 Chronicles 1:15 tn Heb “he made.”
- 2 Chronicles 1:15 sn The foothills (שְׁפֵלָה, shephelah) are the region between the Judean hill country and the Mediterranean coastal plain.
- 2 Chronicles 1:16 sn Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see v. 16-17 as a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia or Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 tn Heb “and they brought up and brought out from Egypt a chariot for 600 silver (pieces), and a horse for 150, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”
2 Chronicles 1:14-17
Common English Bible
Solomon’s wealth
14 Solomon acquired more and more chariots and horses until he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he stationed in chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 In Jerusalem, the king made silver and gold as common as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees that grow in the foothills. 16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue, purchased from Kue by the king’s agents at the going price. 17 They would import a chariot from Egypt for six hundred pieces of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, and then export them to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.
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