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25 Everyone kept on bringing gifts on an annual basis, including items made of silver and gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules. 26 Solomon accumulated chariots and cavalry. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 cavalry soldiers. He stationed them in various chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver as common as[a] stones in Jerusalem, and made cedar trees as abundant as sycamore[b] trees in the Shephelah.[c]

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  1. 1 Kings 10:27 The Heb. lacks as common as
  2. 1 Kings 10:27 The sycamore fruit tree native to Israel bears figs
  3. 1 Kings 10:27 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40