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2 Chronicles 9:23-25
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 9:23-25
New English Translation
23 All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.[a] 24 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.[b]
25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses[c] and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and also with him in Jerusalem.[d]
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- 2 Chronicles 9:23 tn Heb “and all the kings of the earth were seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”
- 2 Chronicles 9:24 tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:26 reads “fourteen hundred chariots.”
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
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