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1 Kings 10:24-29

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24 The whole world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
25 Every man would bring his annual tribute: items[a] of silver and gold, clothing, weapons,[b] spices, and horses and mules.[c]
26 Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen[d] and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.
28 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and Kue.[e] The king's traders bought them from Kue at the going price.
29 A chariot was imported from Egypt for 15 pounds[f] [of silver], and a horse for about four pounds.[g] In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram through their agents.[h]
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1 Kings 10:24-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 10

This chapter contains an account of the queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon to her great satisfaction, 1Ki 10:1-13, of Solomon's merchandise and riches, and the magnificence of his court, 1Ki 10:14-23, of the rich presents sent to him, and of the purchase of chariots and horses, and other things, he made, 1Ki 10:24-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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