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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 1:16

Shlomo's horses had been brought from Egypt and from Keve, with the king's agents having bought them from the dealers in Keve at the going price.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Exports;   Imports;   Solomon;   Yarn;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Horses;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Merchant;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Linen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Animals;   Chronicles, Books of;   Cilicia;   Kue;   Mizraim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Horse;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Yarn, Linen;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Yarn;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Army;   Commerce;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon’s horses came from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders would get them from Kue at the going price.
Hebrew Names Version
The horses which Shlomo had were brought out of Mitzrayim and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.
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.
English Standard Version
And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders would buy them from Kue for a price.
New Century Version
He imported horses from Egypt and Kue; his traders bought them in Kue.
New English Translation
Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king's traders purchased them from Que.
Amplified Bible
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue. The king's merchants purchased them [in large numbers] from Kue at a price.
New American Standard Bible
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders acquired them from Kue for a price.
World English Bible
The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also Salomon had horses brought out of Egypt & fine linen: the Kings marchants receiued the fine linen for a price.
Legacy Standard Bible
Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them in Kue.
Contemporary English Version
Solomon's merchants bought his horses and chariots in the regions of Musri and Kue. They paid about fifteen pounds of silver for a chariot and almost four pounds of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to the Hittite and Syrian kings.
Darby Translation
And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price.
Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon imported horses from Egypt and Kue. His merchants bought the horses in Kue for a set price.
George Lamsa Translation
And the kings merchants purchased horses for Solomon from Egypt and from the city of the Apelites for a price.
Good News Translation
The king's agents controlled the export of horses from Musri and Cilicia,
Lexham English Bible
And Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue. The traders of the king received them from Kue at a price.
Literal Translation
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and out of Kue, the king's merchants took them from Kue at a price;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there were horses broughte vnto Salomon out of Egipte, & the kynges marchauntes fetched them from Kena for moneye.
American Standard Version
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
Bible in Basic English
And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Also Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, & fine linnen: The kinges marchautes receaued the fine linnen for a price.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; also out of Keve, the king's merchants buying them of the men of Keve at a price.
King James Version (1611)
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarne: the Kings merchants receiued the linnen yarne at a price.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and the charge of the king’s merchants for going was as follows, and they traded,
English Revised Version
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe horsis weren brouyt to hym fro Egipt, and fro Choa, bi the marchauntis of the kyng, whiche yeden, and bouyten bi prijs,
Update Bible Version
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue. The king's merchants acquired those from Kue for a price.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
New King James Version
And Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king's merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price.
New Living Translation
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia; the king's traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
New Life Bible
Solomon's horses were brought in from Egypt and Kue. The men who traded for the king received them from Kue for a special price.
New Revised Standard
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the king's traders received them from Kue at the prevailing price.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the horses which Solomon had were, an export, out of Egypt, - and a, company of royal merchants, used to fetch a drove, at a price;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were horses brought him from Egypt, and from Coa by the king’s merchants, who went, and bought at a price,
Revised Standard Version
And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Ku'e, and the king's traders received them from Ku'e for a price.
Young's Literal Translation
And the source of the horses that [are] to Solomon [is] from Egypt and from Keva; merchants of the king from Keva take at a price,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders procured them from Kue for a price.

Contextual Overview

13 So Shlomo came away from the high place at Giv‘on, from in front of the tent of meeting, to Yerushalayim; and he ruled over Isra'el. 14 Shlomo amassed chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen; he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Yerushalayim. 15 The king made silver and gold in Yerushalayim as common as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as sycamore-fig trees in the Sh'felah. 16 Shlomo's horses had been brought from Egypt and from Keve, with the king's agents having bought them from the dealers in Keve at the going price. 17 A chariot brought from Egypt cost fifteen pounds of silver shekels and a horse three-and-three quarters pounds [of shekels]; all the kings of the Hittim and the kings of Aram purchased them at these prices through Shlomo's agents. Shlomo then decided to build a house for the name of Adonai and a royal palace for himself.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Solomon: Heb. the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's, 2 Chronicles 9:28, 1 Kings 10:28-29,

linen yarn: The word מקוא [Strong's H4723], or מקוה [Strong's H4723], mikweh, is regarded by the ancient translators as a proper name. The LXX have וך וךןץו, "from Tekoa," the Vulgate, de Coa, "from Koa," which is adopted by Dr. Geddes; the Syriac, "from the city Aphelia;" and the Arabic, "ex urbe Australium." Bochart thinks it signifies a tribute; others suppose that it signifies a string or drove of horses, or as Jarchi says, what the Germans call Stutte, a stud; but Houbigant supposes it to be a corruption for mercavah, "chariots." Our English translation, however, which regards it as synonymous with tikwah, seems by far the best. According to Norden, linen yarn is still one of the principal articles of commerce in Egypt, and is exported in very large quantities, together with unmanufactured flax and spun cotton; and Sanutus, 400 years ago, remarked that though Christian countries abounded in flax, yet the goodness of the Egyptian was such, that it was dispersed even to the west.

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
God made the dome and divided the water under the dome from the water above the dome; that is how it was,
Genesis 1:8
and God called the dome Sky. So there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
Genesis 1:9
God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let dry land appear," and that is how it was.
Genesis 1:12
The earth brought forth grass, plants each yielding its own kind of seed, and trees each producing its own kind of seed-bearing fruit; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
(A: ii) God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to divide the day from the night; let them be for signs, seasons, days and years;
Deuteronomy 4:19
For the same reason, do not look up at the sky, at the sun, moon, stars and everything in the sky, and be drawn away to worship and serve them; Adonai your God has allotted these to all the peoples under the entire sky.
Job 31:26
or if, on seeing the shining sun or the full moon as it moved through the sky,
Job 38:7
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Psalms 8:3
From the mouths of babies and infants at the breast you established strength because of your foes, in order that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
Psalms 19:6
which comes out like a bridegroom from the bridal chamber, with delight like an athlete to run his race.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This passage is very nearly identical with 1 Kings 10:26-29.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 1:16. Linen yarn1 Kings 10:28, where this subject is particularly examined.


 
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