^9:25Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses⁵⁰ and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.⁵¹^9:26He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River⁵² to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt. ^9:27The king made silver as plentiful⁵³ in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was⁵⁴ as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands⁵⁵. ^9:28Solomon acquired horses from Egypt and from all the lands.

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Footnotes

50 The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:26 reads “fourteen hundred chariots.”
51 Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.” For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
52 Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew the Euphrates River was typically referred to simply as “the River.”
53 The words “as plentiful” are supplied for clarification.
54 Heb “he made cedar.”
55 Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. And he ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all other countries.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. He stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills. They were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all the countries.

NLTNew Living Translation

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem. He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah. Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and many other countries.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. And he ruled over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, to the boundary of Egypt. And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as the sycamore trees that are in the Shephelah for abundance. And the horses were imported from Egypt and from all lands for Solomon.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

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