1 Kings 10:26-28

26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,^[a] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.

28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue^[b] —the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price.

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1 Kings 10:26-28 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. S Deuteronomy 17:16; 1 Kings 4:26; 1 Kings 9:19; 2 Chronicles 1:14; 2 Chronicles 9:25
2. Deuteronomy 17:17
3. Job 27:16; Isaiah 60:17
4. 1 Chronicles 27:28; Amos 7:14

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "charioteers"
[b]. Probably "Cilicia"

1 Kings 10:26-28

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1 Kings 10:26-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 10

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