2 Chronicles 1:14-17

Solomon Given Wealth

14 ¹Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. ²He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed ³in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

15 And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

16 And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders would buy them from Kue for a price.

17 They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels^[a] of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

2 Chronicles 1:14-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND CHRONICLES

This, and the preceding, were but one book originally, but divided into two because of the size of it, so that this is only a continuation of the former history; that ends at the death of David; this begins with the reign of Solomon, goes through that, and the reigns of all the kings of the house of David; of the kings of Judah only, after the separation of the ten tribes, quite down to the captivity of Judah in Babylon, and reaches to the deliverance of the Jews from thence by Cyrus, and contains an history of four hundred and seventy nine years. It treats not at all of the kings of Israel, after the separation, only of the kings of Judah, through whom the line of the Messiah was drawn; and though it omits several things recorded of them in the book of Kings, yet it gives abundance of anecdotes not to be met with there, which are of great use and advantage in history to know.

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This chapter relates, how that Solomon being confirmed in his kingdom, went to Gibeon to sacrifice 2Ch 1:1-6, that the Lord appeared there to him, and what passed between them, 2Ch 1:7-10 and that when he returned from thence to Jerusalem, he increased in splendour, wealth, and riches, 2Ch 1:13-17.

Cross References

• 1. 1:14 For ver. 14-17, see ch. 9:25-28; 1 Kgs. 10:26-29
• 2. 1:14 [1 Kgs. 4:26]
• 3. 1:14 [1 Kgs. 9:19]

Footnotes

• [a] 1:17 A 'shekel' was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams