1 Kings 10:28

28 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and Kue, purchased from Kue by the king's agents at the going price.

1 Kings 10:28 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 10:28

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt
To mount his horsemen with, and draw his chariots; which seems contrary to the command in ( Deuteronomy 17:16 )

and linen yarn; the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a
price;
or rather linen itself; or linen garments, as Ben Gersom; linen being the staple commodity of Egypt, see ( Isaiah 19:9 ) , but no mention is made of yarn in ( 2 Chronicles 9:28 ) , and the word rendered "linen yarn" signifies a confluence or collection of waters and other things; and the words may be rendered, "as for the collection, the king's merchants received the collection at a price"; that is, the collection of horses, a large number of them got together for sale; these they took at a price set upon them ^F8, which is as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Vid. Braunium de Vest. Sacerdot. Heb. l. 1. c. 8. sect. 9, 10, 11.

1 Kings 10:28 In-Context

26 Solomon acquired more and more chariots and horses until he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses that he kept in chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

27 In Jerusalem, the king made silver as common as stones and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees that grow in the foothills.

28 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and Kue, purchased from Kue by the king's agents at the going price.

29 They would import a chariot from Egypt for six hundred pieces of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, and then export them to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.