25 Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh,[a] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

26 (A)And Solomon gathered together (B)chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the (C)chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as (D)the sycamore of the Shephelah.

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  1. 1 Kings 10:25 Or armor

25 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift(A)—articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses;(B) he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,[a] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver as common(C) in Jerusalem as stones,(D) and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig(E) trees in the foothills.

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  1. 1 Kings 10:26 Or charioteers