Solomon’s Military and Economic Power
13 So Solomon came to Jerusalem from1 the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tabernacle of meeting, and reigned over Israel.
14 aAnd Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
15 aAlso the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
16 aAnd Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king’s merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price.
17 They also acquired and imported from Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty; thus,1 through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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