2 Chronicles 1:16
in 2 Chronicles 1Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
KJV
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
linen yarn at a price
on 2 Chronicles 1:16-17
Solomon's horses and chariots come from Egypt, bought and resold to the Hittite and Syrian kings through the crown's own merchants, a trading operation Chronicles simply records. Deut 17:16 had forbidden Israel's king to multiply horses to himself or cause the people to return to Egypt for them, and the text sets that command beside Solomon's practice with no editorial word added either way. Chronicles states what Kings also states and lets the reader hold the law and the king's commerce side by side.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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 Century1 voice
Linen yarn - See the note on 1Ki 10:28, where this subject is particularly examined.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמוֹצָ֧א | umotza' | and [the] export of | H4161 → | |
| הַסּוּסִ֛ים | hasusim | the horses | H5483 → | 140 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | lishlomoh | [belonged] to Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם | mimitzrayim | [was] from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וּמִקְוֵ֕א | umikve' | and from Que | H4723 → | |
| סֹחֲרֵ֣י | socharei | [the] traders of | H5503 → | |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מִקְוֵ֥א | mikve' | from Que | H4723 → | |
| יִקְח֖וּ | yikchu | they took [them] | H3947 → | 966 times |
| בִּמְחִֽיר׃ | bimchir | for a price | H4242 → |
וּמוֹצָ֧אand [the] export of
umotza'H4161 →
הַסּוּסִ֛יםthe horses
hasusimH5483 →140 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה[belonged] to Solomon
lishlomohH8010 →291 times
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם[was] from Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וּמִקְוֵ֕אand from Que
umikve'H4723 →
סֹחֲרֵ֣י[the] traders of
sochareiH5503 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
מִקְוֵ֥אfrom Que
mikve'H4723 →
יִקְח֖וּthey took [them]
yikchuH3947 →966 times
בִּמְחִֽיר׃for a price
bimchirH4242 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 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
2 Chronicles 9:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
it leads to
- Isaiah 2:7–8
Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
- 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.
- 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…
- 1 Kings 10:28
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- Isaiah 2:7–8
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.