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

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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