2 Chronicles 1:14
in 2 Chronicles 1Solomon 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
KJV
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 1
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This was a prohibited indulgence, whether as an instrument of luxury or power. But it was not merely for his own use that he imported the horses of Egypt. The immense equestrian establishment he erected was not for show merely, but also for profit.
This site's exposition
a thousand and four hundred chariots
on 2 Chronicles 1:14-15
The chariots, horsemen, silver, and gold that fill these two verses read almost word for word like 2 Chr 9:25-27, the summary that will close Solomon's reign. Chronicles frames the wisdom he asked for at the start of the chapter with the wealth God added on both sides, an opening catalog and a closing one holding the same numbers. Silver as stones and cedar as sycomore trees are the language of surplus, not of need.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
I do not remember that ever we find his good father in a chariot or on horseback; a mule was the highest he mounted. We should endeavor to excel those that went before us in goodness rather than in grandeur. The wealth and trade of his kingdom.
God's Goodness to Solomon. 1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the L ORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
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To reign, &c. - Give me the spirit of my father David, that Israel may not suffer by the change. The eminency of those that went before us, and the obligation that lies upon us, to keep and carry on the good work they were engaged in, should quicken our prayers for wisdom and grace, that we may do the work of God in our day, as faithful as they did in theirs.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
He had a thousand and four hundred chariots - For these numbers, see the notes on 1Ki 4:26.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
This passage is very nearly identical with 1Ki 10:26-29.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and he left them in the chariot cities He left some of those horsemen and chariots in the chariot cities; since the king’s chariots were there, those cities were called the chariot cities, and some of them he left with him in Jerusalem.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Solomon went la-bamah asher be-Giv‘on to Jerusalem. The lamed of la-bamah is not in place of a mem as R.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף | vaiyeesof | and he gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹה֮ | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| רֶ֣כֶב | rekhev | chariot[s] | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וּפָרָשִׁים֒ | ufarashim | and warhorses | H6571 → | 57 times |
| וַֽיְהִי־ | vayhi- | and it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ל֗וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| אֶ֤לֶף | ʾelef | one thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְאַרְבַּע־ | vearba'- | and four | H702 → | 318 times |
| מֵאוֹת֙ | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| רֶ֔כֶב | rekhev | chariot[s] | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וּשְׁנֵים־ | usheneim- | and two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָׂ֥ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| פָּרָשִׁ֑ים | parashim | warhorses | H6571 → | 57 times |
| וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙ | vaiyanichem | and he placed them | H5117 → | 142 times |
| בְּעָרֵ֣י | bearei | in [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הָרֶ֔כֶב | harekhev | <the> chariotry | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וְעִם־ | veim- | and with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ףand he gathered
vaiyeesofH622 →200 times
שְׁלֹמֹה֮Solomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
רֶ֣כֶבchariot[s]
rekhevH7393 →119 times
וּפָרָשִׁים֒and warhorses
ufarashimH6571 →57 times
וַֽיְהִי־and it belonged
vayhi-H1961 →3559 times
ל֗וֹto him
lo
אֶ֤לֶףone thousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וְאַרְבַּע־and four
vearba'-H702 →318 times
מֵאוֹת֙hundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
רֶ֔כֶבchariot[s]
rekhevH7393 →119 times
וּשְׁנֵים־and two [plus]
usheneim-H8147 →768 times
עָשָׂ֥רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
פָּרָשִׁ֑יםwarhorses
parashimH6571 →57 times
וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙and he placed them
vaiyanichemH5117 →142 times
בְּעָרֵ֣יin [the] cities of
beareiH5892 →1090 times
הָרֶ֔כֶב<the> chariotry
harekhevH7393 →119 times
וְעִם־and with
veim-H5973 →1050 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 17:16But 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 2 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Hosea 11:5
Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
- Psalms 20:7
Through
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.
it 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 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 4:26
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
- Deuteronomy 17:16
Through
1 Kings 9:19as 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,
- 1 Kings 9:1
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
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 Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.