1 Kings 10:29

“And a chariot would come up and go out from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Aram, by their hand they would bring them out.”

1 Kings 10:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 10:29, word by word

And a chariotמֶרְכָּבָהmerkava

chariot

Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.

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would come upתַּעֲלֶהtaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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and go outתֵּצֵאtetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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for six hundredשֵׁשׁshesh

six

Six; also "sixth".

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for six hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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of silverכֶּסֶףkesef

money

What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.

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and a horseסוּסsus

horse

A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.

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and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

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the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche

king

A king who rules a people.

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of the Hittitesחִתִּיםchitim

Hittite

Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.

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of Aramאֲרָםaram

Aram

Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.

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by their handיָדָyada

through

Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.

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Parallel passages

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Solomon's chariots and wealth

2 Chronicles 1:14-172 Chronicles 9:25-28

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1 Kings 10:26-29

26And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities for chariots and with the king in Jerusalem. 27And the king made silver in Jerusalem like stones, and cedars he made like the sycamores that are in the Shephelah, in abundance. 28And the source of the horses that belonged to Solomon was from Egypt and from Kue; the merchants of the king would take them from Kue at a price. 29And a chariot would come up and go out from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Aram, by their hand they would bring them out.

2 Chronicles 1:14-17

14Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem. 15The king made the silver and the gold in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedars he made like the sycamores that are in the Shephelah, in abundance. 16The source of the horses that Solomon had was from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants would take them from Kue at a price. 17They would go up and bring out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram, by their hand they would bring them out.

2 Chronicles 9:25-28

25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem. 26He ruled over all the kings from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. 27The king made the silver in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedars he made like the sycamores that are in the Shephelah, in abundance. 28They were bringing out horses from Egypt for Solomon and from all the lands.

Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Egypt

    Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)

    A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.

    Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

28And the source of the horses that belonged to Solomon was from Egypt and from Kue; the merchants of the king would take them from Kue at a price.

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