2 Chronicles 1:17 BSB

2 Chronicles 1:17

A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

BSB

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ASV

And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

KJV

And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A horse for a hundred and fifty - Suppose we take the shekel at the utmost value at which it has been rated, three shillings; then the price of a horse was about twenty-two pounds ten shillings. On Solomon’s multiplying horses, Bishop Warburton has made some judicious remarks: - “Moses had expressly prohibited the multiplying of horses, Deu 17:16, by which the future king was forbidden to establish a body of cavalry, because this could not be effected without sending into Egypt, with which people God had forbidden any communication, as this would be dangerous to religion.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽ֠יַּעֲלוּ	Vai.ya.'a.lu	and they brought up	H5927 →
וַיּוֹצִ֨יאוּ	vai.yo.Tzi.'u	and they brought out	H3318 →
מִמִּצְרַ֤יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
מֶרְכָּבָה֙	mer.ka.Vah	a chariot	H4818 →
בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ	be.Shesh	for six	H8337 →
מֵא֣וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
כֶּ֔סֶף	Ke.sef	silver	H3701 →
וְס֖וּס	ve.Sus	and a horse	H5483 →
בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים	ba.cha.mi.Shim	for fifty	H2572 →
וּמֵאָ֑ה	u.me.'Ah	and one hundred	H3967 →
וְ֠כֵן	Ve.khen	and thus	H3651 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	to all	H3605 →
מַלְכֵ֧י	mal.Khei	[the] kings of	H4428 →
הַֽחִתִּ֛ים	ha.chi.Tim	the Hittites	H2850 →
וּמַלְכֵ֥י	u.mal.Khei	and [the] kings of	H4428 →
אֲרָ֖ם	'a.Ram	Aram	H758 →
בְּיָדָ֥ם	be.ya.Dam	by hand their	H3027 →
יוֹצִֽיאוּ׃	yo.Tzi.'u	they brought [them] out	H3318 →

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2 Kings 10:29
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- 2 Kings 17:22
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