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The sourceוּמוֹצָאof the horsesהַסּוּסִיםthatאֲשֶׁרSolomon hadלִשְׁלֹמֹהwas from Egyptמִמִּצְרָיִםand from Kue;וּמִקְוֵאthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְmerchantsסֹחֲרֵיwould take themיִקְחוּfrom Kueמִקְוֵאat a price.בִּמְחִיר
2 Chronicles 1:16
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 1:16, word by word
- The sourceמוֹצָאmotsa
source
The place something comes from, like water welling up.
Where else “motsa” appears- of the horsesסּוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- Solomon hadשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- was from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and from Kueקְוֵאkeve
Kue
A region horses came from.
Where else “keve” appears- the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- merchantsסֹחֲרֵיsochare
trade
To travel about selling; the seller.
Where else “sochare” appears- would take themיִקְחוּyikchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appears- at a priceמְחִירmechir
price, payment
Price, payment.
Where else “mechir” appears
Translation note
“Kue”: a place from which horses were brought; the Hebrew is difficult and the name is not certain.
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Solomon's chariots and wealth
1 Kings 10:26-292 Chronicles 9:25-28
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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.
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.
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
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).
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
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.