2 Chronicles 1:16
14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he 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.
17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, 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 and from Kue. The king’s merchants purchased them from Kue.
- ASV
- And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; 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 horses were imported that [were] unto Solomon from Egypt and from Kue; merchants of the king from Kue took them at a price.
- ÅB
- Sine hester lot Salomo innføre fra Egypt; en del kjøpmenn som kongen sendte avsted, hentet en flokk for en fastsatt pris.
- OTB
- Salomos hester ble importert fra Egypt og fra Kue;
kongens kjøpmenn kjøpte dem fra Kue for en pris. - B1930
- Sine hester lot Salomo innføre fra Egypten; en del kjøbmenn som kongen sendte avsted, hentet en flokk for en fastsatt pris.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 9:28
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
Read in context1 Kings 10:28–29
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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