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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]

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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