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Green's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 1:16

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;

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.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
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.
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 And Solomon came to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. 14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand, four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 And the king made the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and he made the cedars as sycamores that are in the low country for abundance. 16 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; 17 and they came up and brought out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred silver pieces, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their hand.

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
And God made the expanse, and He separated between the waters which were under the expanse and the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse, Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning the second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth bore tender sprouts, the plant seeding seed according to its kind, and the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind, whichever seed is in it. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years.
Deuteronomy 4:19
and that you not lift up your eyes towards the heavens and shall see the sun, and the heavens, and you be drawn away and worship them, and serve them; which Jehovah your God has allotted to all the peoples under all the heavens.
Job 31:26
if I looked to the light when it shone, or the splendid moon marching,
Job 38:7
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Psalms 8:3
When I look upon Your heavens, the work of Your fingers: the moon and the stars which You have fixed;
Psalms 19:6
his going forth from the end of the heavens, and his orbit to their ends; and nothing is hidden from his heat.

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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