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26 Solomon accumulated chariots and cavalry. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 cavalry soldiers. He stationed them in various chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver as common as[a] stones in Jerusalem, and made cedar trees as abundant as sycamore[b] trees in the Shephelah.[c] 28 Solomon imported horses from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s buyers procured them at market price from Kue. 29 A chariot from Egypt cost 600 pieces[d] of silver, and a horse 150 pieces of silver,[e] but then they were exported to all the Hittite kings and to the Aramean kings.

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  1. 1 Kings 10:27 The Heb. lacks as common as
  2. 1 Kings 10:27 The sycamore fruit tree native to Israel bears figs
  3. 1 Kings 10:27 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
  4. 1 Kings 10:29 The denomination of silver coin is not specified.
  5. 1 Kings 10:29 The Heb. lacks pieces of silver

25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, along with 12,000 cavalry soldiers. He stationed them in various chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 26 King Solomon[a] ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates[b] River west[c] to the land of the Philistines and as far south as the boundary with Egypt.

27 The king made silver as common as[d] stones in Jerusalem, and made cedar trees as abundant as sycamore trees in the Shephelah.[e] 28 They also kept bringing horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all of the surrounding[f] countries.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 9:26 Lit. He
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:26 The Heb. lacks Euphrates
  3. 2 Chronicles 9:26 The Heb. lacks west
  4. 2 Chronicles 9:27 The Heb. lacks as common as
  5. 2 Chronicles 9:27 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
  6. 2 Chronicles 9:28 The Heb. lacks surrounding