2 Chronicles 1:16
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2 Chronicles 1:16 (King James Version)
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
- Solomon
- Hebrew the going forth of the horses which was
- Solomon's.
- 9:28 1 Kings 10:28 1 Kings 10:29
- linen yarn
- The word [miqv
,] or [miqvh ,] {mikweh,} is regarded by - the ancient translators as a proper name: the LXX. have [ek Thekoue,] "from Tekoa," the Vulgate, {de Coa,} "from Koa," which is adopted by Dr. Geddes; the Syriac, "from the city Aphelia;" and the Arabic, "{ex urbe Australium.}" Bochart thinks it signifies a tribute; others suppose that it signifies a string or drove of horses, or as Jarchi says, what the Germans call {Stutte,} a stud; but Houbigant supposes it to be a corruption for {mercavah,} "chariots." Our English translation, however, which regards it as synonymous with {tikwah,} seems by far the best. According to Norden, linen
- yarn is still one of the principal articles of commerce in Egypt, and is exported in very large quantities, together with unmanufactured flax and spun cotton; and Sanutus, 400 years ago, remarked that though Christian countries abounded in flax, yet the goodness of the Egyptian was such, that it was dispersed even to the west.