2 Chronicles 1:16

And horses were brought to him from Egypt, and from Coa, by the merchants of the king, which went, and bought by price, (or who went there, and bought them for money),

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In The King James Version

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

In Context

15And the king gave in Jerusalem gold and silver as stones in plenty, and he gave cedar trees as sycamores, that come forth in field places in great multitude. (And the king made gold and silver to be as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar trees to be like the sycamores that come forth in the fields in great multitude.)

17a chariot of horses for six hundred pieces of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty. In like manner buying was made of all the realms of cities, and of the kings of Syria, (or In like manner, purchases were made from all the kings of the Hittites, and from the kings of Syria).

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:28And the horses of Solomon were led out of Egypt, and (out) of Coa; for (the) merchants of the king bought them of Coa, and brought them to him, for [the] price ordained. (And Solomon’s horses were brought out of Egypt, and out of Coa; for the king’s merchants bought them in Coa, and then brought them to him, for the ordained price.)

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 1:14-17

13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. 14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance. 16… Read the whole commentary →

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