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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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  1. 1:17 The pieces of silver were probably shekels, so 600 pieces would be about 13.2 pounds or 6 kilograms of silver, and 150 would be about 3.3 pounds or 1.5 kilograms of silver.
  2. 1:17 or, Aramean

Solomon’s Wealth

14 (A)Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. (B)He had 1,400 chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in (C)the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 (D)The king made (E)silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamores in the [a]lowland. 16 Solomon’s (F)horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s traders acquired them from Kue for a price. 17 They [b]imported chariots from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver apiece, horses for 150 apiece, and [c]by the same means they [d]exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 1:15 Heb shephelah
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:17 Lit brought up and brought out
  3. 2 Chronicles 1:17 Lit in the same way by their hand
  4. 2 Chronicles 1:17 Lit brought out