Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
In II Chronicles 9:25, the number of stalls for Solomon' s chariot horses is stated at 4,000, instead of 40,000. The number in the present passage is probably a corruption. Solomon' s chariots were but 1,400 I Kings 10:26; II Chronicles 1:14, for which 40,000 horses could not possibly be required. The Assyrian chariots had at most three horses apiece, while some had only two. 4,000 horses would supply the full team of three to 1,200, and the smaller team of two to 200 chariots. The number 4,000 is in due proportion to the 12,000 horses for cavalry, and is in accordance with all that we know of the military establishments of the time and country. Compare II Chronicles 12:3; II Samuel 8:4.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 4:26:
1 Kings 10:26
Proverbs 21:30-31
Isaiah 48:19
Zechariah 9:9
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