2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 1:14–17

14Solomon accumulatedd 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses,e which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 15The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.f

16Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue;g the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. 17A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver,h and a horse for a hundred and fifty.i Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

Footnotes

  • d 1:14 Literally Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had
  • e 1:14 Or horsemen or charioteers
  • f 1:15 Hebrew Shephelah or lowlands; that is, the western foothills of Judea
  • g 1:16 Probably an area in Cilicia, a province in the southeast of Asia Minor
  • h 1:17 600 shekels is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of silver.
  • i 1:17 150 shekels is approximately 3.8 pounds or 1.7 kilograms of silver.

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.

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