1 Kings 10:26-29

Contemporary English Version

^26 (A) Solomon had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses that he kept in Jerusalem and other towns.

^27 (B) While he was king, there was silver everywhere in Jerusalem, and cedar was as common as ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.

^28-29 (C) Solomon's merchants bought his horses and chariots in the regions of Musri and Kue.^[a] They paid 600 pieces of silver for a chariot and 150 pieces of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to the Hittite and Syrian kings.