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27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.

28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders bought them from Kue for a fixed price. 29 Each chariot was imported from Egypt for 15 pounds of silver and each horse for 6 ounces of silver. For the same price they obtained horses to export to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.

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27 The king made silver as common(A) in Jerusalem as stones,(B) and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig(C) trees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[a]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 29 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[b] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites(D) and of the Arameans.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:28 Probably Cilicia
  2. 1 Kings 10:29 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms