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14 Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.[a] He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem. 15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[b] 16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt[c] and from Cilicia[d]; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price. 17 At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver,[e] and horses for 150 pieces of silver.[f] They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

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  1. 1:14 Or charioteers; also in 1:14b.
  2. 1:15 Hebrew the Shephelah.
  3. 1:16a Possibly Muzur, a district near Cilicia; also in 1:17.
  4. 1:16b Hebrew Kue, probably another name for Cilicia.
  5. 1:17a Hebrew 600 [shekels] of silver, about 15 pounds or 6.8 kilograms in weight.
  6. 1:17b Hebrew 150 [shekels], about 3.8 pounds or 1.7 kilograms in weight.

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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  1. 2 Chronicles 1:14 Lit. in chariot cities
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:15 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book
  3. 2 Chronicles 1:15 The sycamore fruit tree native to Israel bears figs
  4. 2 Chronicles 1:15 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
  5. 2 Chronicles 1:16 The Heb. lacks great
  6. 2 Chronicles 1:17 The Heb. lacks shekels
  7. 2 Chronicles 1:17 The Heb. lacks shekels