1 Kings 4:26 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 4:26

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

KJV

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses - and twelve thousand horsemen - In 2Ch 9:25, instead of forty thousand stalls, we read four thousand; and even this number might be quite sufficient to hold horses for twelve thousand horsemen; for stalls and stables may be here synonymous. In 1Ki 10:26 it is said he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and this is the reading in 2Ch 1:

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

But it is not exactly the same Hebrew word which is here and there, though we translate both stalls; and therefore there may well be allowed some difference in the signification, the one signifying properly stables, of which there were four thousand, the other stalls or partitions for each horse, which were forty thousand.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֣י	vay.Hi	and it belonged	H1961 →
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה	lish.lo.Moh	to Solomon	H8010 →
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
אֶ֛לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
אֻרְוֹ֥ת	'ur.Vot	stalls of	H723 →
סוּסִ֖ים	su.Sim	horses	H5483 →
לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹ	le.mer.ka.Vo	for chariotry his	H4817 →
וּשְׁנֵים־	u.she.neim-	and two [plus]	H8147 →
עָשָׂ֥ר	'a.Sar	ten	H6240 →
אֶ֖לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
פָּרָשִֽׁים׃	pa.ra.Shim	horsemen	H6571 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
leads to
- Isaiah 31:1
  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- Jeremiah 17:5
  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Proverbs 21:31
  A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
- Psalms 33:16–17
  No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
- 2 Chronicles 32:8
  With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah…
Through
2 Chronicles 9:25
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:16
  But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 10:26
  Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Chronicles 1:14
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
leads to
- 1 Kings 10:26–29
  Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

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PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.

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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Kings