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27 The king made silver as plentiful as stone in Jerusalem and cedar wood as abundant as sycamore trees in the Shephelah.[a] 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue.[b] The king’s dealers bought them from Kue for the market price. 29 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred silver shekels and a horse for one hundred fifty. In this same way they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:27 That is, the western foothills
  2. 1 Kings 10:28 Probably Cilicia, on the southeast coast of Turkey