2 Chronicles 9:28
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
BSB
ASV
And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
KJV
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
And out of all lands - An addition to the words in Kings. The principal countries would no doubt be Arabia and Armenia - the former always famous for its excellent breed; the latter mentioned in Ezekiel Eze 27:14 as trading with horses in the fairs of Tyre.
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Isaiah 31:1Woe 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…
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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.
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
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.
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
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2 Chronicles 9:25Solomon 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.
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Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
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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1 Kings 10:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
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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…