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1 Kings 10:26-28
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26 Solomon accumulated[a] chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.[b] 27 The king made silver as plentiful[c] in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was[d] as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.[e] 28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt[f] and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

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  1. 1 Kings 10:26 tn Or “gathered.”
  2. 1 Kings 10:26 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
  3. 1 Kings 10:27 tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.
  4. 1 Kings 10:27 tn Heb “he made.”
  5. 1 Kings 10:27 sn The foothills (שְׁפֵלָה, shephelah) are the region between the Judean hill country and the Mediterranean coastal plain.
  6. 1 Kings 10:28 sn From Egypt. Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see in vv. 28-29 a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia/Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.
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