2 Chronicles 1:14-17
World English Bible
14 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 15 The king made silver and gold to be as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars to be as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland. 16 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue. The king’s merchants purchased them from Kue. 17 They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty.[a] They also exported them to the Hittite kings and the Syrian[b] kings.
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2 Chronicles 1:14-17
International Standard Version
14 Solomon amassed both chariots and horsemen: he owned 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, stationing them in armories[a] and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and made cedar[b] trees as plentiful as sycamore[c] trees that grow in the Shephelah.[d] 16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s procurement officials obtained them from Kue at great[e] price. 17 Chariots were imported from Egypt for 600 shekels[f] each, and horses cost 150 shekels[g] each, and then they exported them to all of the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
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- 2 Chronicles 1:14 Lit. in chariot cities
- 2 Chronicles 1:15 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book
- 2 Chronicles 1:15 The sycamore fruit tree native to Israel bears figs
- 2 Chronicles 1:15 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
- 2 Chronicles 1:16 The Heb. lacks great
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 The Heb. lacks shekels
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 The Heb. lacks shekels
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