²⁶ Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is its name to this day.

¹⁷ At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver,^[a] and horses for 150 pieces of silver.^[b] They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

⁶ For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching. “The king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians^[a] to attack us!” they cried to one another.