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1 Kings 10:28

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26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

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BSB
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
KJV
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
WEB
The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
ASV
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king`s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
DARBY
And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price.
BLB
And were imported the horses that [were] to Solomon from Egypt and Kue; merchants of the king bought them from Kue at a price.
ÅB
Sine hester lot Salomo innføre fra Egypt; en del kjøpmenn som kongen sendte avsted, hentet fra tid til annen en flokk for en fastsatt pris.
OTB
Salomos hester ble importert fra Egypt og fra Kue; kongens handelsmenn kjøpte dem fra Kue for en pris.
B1930
Sine hester lot Salomo innføre fra Egypten; en del kjøbmenn som kongen sendte avsted, hentet fra tid til annen en flokk for en fastsatt pris.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:16

    But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

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  • 2 Chronicles 9:28

    And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

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  • Isaiah 31:1–3

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

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  • Isaiah 36:9

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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  • Proverbs 7:16

    I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:16–17

    And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

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  • Ezekiel 27:7

    Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

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  • Isaiah 19:9

    Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

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