2 Chroniques 1:16

Louis Segond

C'était de l'Egypte que Salomon tirait ses chevaux; une caravane de marchands du roi allait les chercher par troupes à un prix fixe;

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Le lieu d'où l'on tirait les chevaux pour Salomon était l'Égypte; une troupe de marchands du roi allaient en chercher un convoi pour un prix convenu.

Darby's French Translation
Et quant aux chevaux de Salomon, il les tirait d'Égypte: une caravane de marchands du roi prenait un convoi de chevaux pour un certain prix;

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Or quant au péage qui appartenait à Salomon de la traite des chevaux qu'on tirait d'Egypte, et du fil, les fermiers du Roi se payaient en fil.

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.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

:-

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 yarn — 1 Kings 10:28, where this subject is particularly examined.