2 Chronicles 9:28

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all the countries.

Hebrew Names Version
They brought horses for Shlomo out of Mitzrayim, and out of all lands.

King James Version
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

English Standard Version
And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

New Century Version
Solomon imported horses from Egypt and all other countries.

New English Translation
Solomon acquired horses from Egypt and from all the lands.

Amplified Bible
And they were importing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all [the other] countries.

New American Standard Bible
And they were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.

World English Bible
They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they brought vnto Salomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all landes.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they were importing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.

Berean Standard Bible
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon's horses were brought in from other countries, including Musri.

Complete Jewish Bible
They brought horses for Shlomo from Egypt and from all countries.

Darby Translation
And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Easy-to-Read Version
The people brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all the other countries.

George Lamsa Translation
And they brought to Solomon horses from Egypt and from all lands.

Good News Translation
Solomon imported horses from Musri and from every other country.

Lexham English Bible
And the horses were imported from Egypt and from all lands for Solomon.

Literal Translation
And they brought out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there were horses broughte vnto him out of Egipte, and out of all countres.

American Standard Version
And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Bible in Basic English
They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they brought vnto Solomon horses, out of Egypt, and out of all landes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

King James Version (1611)
And they brought vnto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and from every other country.

English Revised Version
And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe horsis weren brouyt fro Egipt, and fro alle cuntreis.

Update Bible Version
And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they brought to Solomon horses from Egypt, and from all lands.

New King James Version
And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

New Living Translation
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and many other countries.

New Life Bible
And horses were brought in for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.

New Revised Standard
Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they used to bring horses out of Egypt unto Solomon, and out of all lands.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And horses were brought to him out of Egypt, and out of all countries.

Revised Standard Version
And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

Young's Literal Translation
and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And they were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.

Contextual Overview

¹³Solomon received twenty-five tons of gold annually. This was above and beyond the taxes and profit on trade with merchants and traders. All kings of Arabia and various and assorted governors also brought silver and gold to Solomon. ¹⁵King Solomon crafted two hundred body-length shields of hammered gold—about fifteen pounds of gold to each shield—and about three hundred small shields about half that size. He stored the shields in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. ¹⁷The king made a massive throne of ivory with a veneer of gold. The throne had six steps leading up to it with an attached footstool of gold. The armrests on each side were flanked by lions. Lions, twelve of them, were placed at either end of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any other kingdom. ²⁰ King Solomon's chalices and tankards were made of gold, and all the dinnerware and serving utensils in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver; silver was considered common and cheap in the time of Solomon. ²¹ The king's ships, manned by Hiram's sailors, made a round trip to Tarshish every three years, returning with a cargo of gold, silver, and ivory, apes and peacocks. ²²King Solomon was richer and wiser than all the kings of the earth—he surpassed them all. Kings came from all over the world to be with Solomon and get in on the wisdom God had given him. Everyone who came brought gifts—artifacts of gold and silver, fashionable robes and gowns, the latest in weapons, exotic spices, horses, and mules—parades of visitors, year after year. ²⁵Solomon collected horses and chariots. He had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen in barracks in the chariot-cities and in Jerusalem. He ruled over all the kings from the River Euphrates in the east, throughout the Philistine country, and as far west as the border of Egypt. The king made silver as common as rocks and cedar as common as the fig trees in the lowland hills. He carried on a brisk horse-trading business with Egypt and other places. ²⁹The rest of Solomon's life and rule, from start to finish, one can read in the records of Nathan the prophet, the prophecy of Ahijah of Shiloh, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat. Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. Solomon died and was buried in the City of David his father. His son Rehoboam was the next king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

brought: Moses, says Bp. Warburton, "had expressly prohibited the multiplying of horses - Deuteronomy 17:16, by which the future king was forbidden to establish a body of calvary, because this could not be effected without sending into Egypt, with which people God had forbidden any communication, as this would be dangerous to religion. When Solomon had violated this law, and multiplied horses to excess - 1 Kings 4:26, it was soon attended with those fatal consequences that the law foretold: for this wisest of kings having likewise, in violation of another law, married Pharaoh's daughter - the early fruits of this commerce and then, by a repetition of the same crime, but a transgression of another law, had espoused more strange women - 1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 11:1, they first,in defiance of a fourth law, persuaded him to build them idol temples for their use; and afterwards, against a fifth law, brought him to erect other temples for his own." 2 Chronicles 9:25, 2 Chronicles 1:16, 1 Kings 10:28, Isaiah 2:7, Isaiah 2:8, Isaiah 31:1 "

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And out of all lands - An addition to the words in Kings. The principal countries would no doubt be Arabia and Armenia - the former always famous for its excellent breed; the latter mentioned in Ezekiel Ezekiel 27:14 as trading with horses in the fairs of Tyre.