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1 Kings 10:26

in 1 Kings 10

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

KJV

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

This verse in 1 Kings 10

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
See 1Ki 4:26 note. Until the time of Solomon, war-chariots had not been in use among the Jews, except to a very small extent 1Ch 18:4. Hence, it was necessary for him to put himself on an equality in this respect with neighboring powers. Cities for chariots - They were probably fortresses upon the borders of his territory, in which he maintained the standing army necessary for the support of his dominion.

This site's exposition

gathered together chariots and horsemen

on 1 Kings 10:26-27

Fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, some kept in garrison cities and some at Jerusalem, begin the military buildup that the next two verses show breaking the law of the king outright. Silver made as common as stones and cedar as common as sycamore trees repeats verse 21's verdict on gold and extends it to the whole city, the same abundance language used earlier of Solomon's wisdom now used of his wealth. The commentators read the buildup as ordinary royal policy for the age; the text itself offers no praise or blame here, only scale.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The ascent to it was by six steps, on each of which stood lions, in place of a railing--while a lion, probably of gilt metal, stood at each side, which, we may suppose from the analogy of other Oriental thrones, supported a canopy. A golden footstool is mentioned (2Ch 9:18) as attached to this throne, whose magnificence is described as unrivalled.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He had a thousand and four hundred chariots - See the note on 1Ki 4:26.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ףand he gathered

    vaiyeesofH622

  • שְׁלֹמֹה֮Solomon

    shelomohH8010291 times

  • רֶ֣כֶבchariotry

    rekhevH7393119 times

  • וּפָרָשִׁים֒and horsemen

    ufarashimH657157 times

  • וַיְהִי־and it belonged

    vayhi-H19613559 times

  • ל֗וֹto him

    lo

  • אֶ֤לֶףone thousand

    ʾelefH505505 times

  • וְאַרְבַּע־and four

    vearba'-H702318 times

  • מֵאוֹת֙hundred<s>

    meotH3967581 times

  • רֶ֔כֶבchariot[s]

    rekhevH7393119 times

  • וּשְׁנֵים־and two [plus]

    usheneim-H8147768 times

  • עָשָׂ֥רten

    ʾasarH6240338 times

  • אֶ֖לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505505 times

  • פָּֽרָשִׁ֑יםhorsemen

    parashimH657157 times

  • וַיַּנְחֵם֙and he led them

    vaiyanchemH5148

  • בְּעָרֵ֣יin [the] cities of

    beareiH58921090 times

  • הָרֶ֔כֶב<the> chariotry

    harekhevH7393119 times

  • וְעִם־and with

    veim-H59731050 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 20:7

      Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 31:1–3

      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…

    • Ezekiel 17:15

      But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break…

    • Deuteronomy 28:68

      The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but…

    • Hosea 11:5

      Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

  • Through

    1 Kings 4:26

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

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

  • 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.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 4:26

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

  • Through

    1 Kings 9:19

    as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 9:1

      Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

Where this verse is studied

On this page

Studies1

About 1 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.