1 Kings 10:28

28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia ; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard 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 built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.

27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.

28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia ; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.

29 At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver, and horses for 150 pieces of silver. They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

Footnotes

• [a]. Possibly Muzur, a district near Cilicia; also in 10:29 .
• [b]. Hebrew Kue, probably another name for Cilicia.