2 Chronicles 1:16

16 Solomon's ¹horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders procured them from Kue for a price.

2 Chronicles 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 1:16

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 1:13)

2 Chronicles 1:16 In-Context

14 Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamores in the lowland.

16 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders procured them from Kue for a price.

17 They imported chariots from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver apiece and horses for 150 apiece, and by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 17:16