1 Kings 10:26-29

26 ¹Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 * * chariots and 12,000 * * horsemen, and he stationed them in the ²chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

27 ³The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

28 ⁴Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price.

29 A chariot was imported * from Egypt for 600 * shekels of silver, and a horse for 150 *; and by the same means * they exported them ⁵to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans.

1 Kings 10:26-29 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.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 4:26; 2 Chronicles 1:14-17; 2 Chronicles 9:25
• 2. 1 Kings 9:19
• 3. Deuteronomy 17:17; 2 Chronicles 1:15
• 4. Deuteronomy 17:16; 2 Chronicles 1:16; 2 Chronicles 9:28
• 5. 2 Kings 7:6, 7

Footnotes

• [a]. So with ancient versions; Heb "led"
• [b]. Heb "Shephelah"
• [c]. Lit "came up and went out from"
• [d]. Lit "in like manner by their hand"