They would go upוַיַּעֲלוּand bring outוַיּוֹצִיאוּfrom Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםa chariotמֶרְכָּבָהfor sixבְּשֵׁשׁhundredמֵאוֹתshekels of silver,כֶּסֶףand a horseוְסוּסfor a hundredבַּ מֵאָהand fifty;חֲמִשִּׁים וּand soוְכֵןfor allלְכָלthe kingsמַלְכֵיof the Hittitesהַחִתִּיםand the kingsוּמַלְכֵיof Aram,אֲרָםby their handבְּיָדָםthey would bring them out.יוֹצִיאוּ
2 Chronicles 1:17
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 1:17, word by word
- They would go upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- and bring outיּוֹצִיאוּyotsiu
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsiu” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- a chariotמֶרְכָּבָהmerkava
chariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “merkava” appears- for sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- shekels of silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- and a horseסוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of the Hittitesחִתִּיםchitim
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chitim” appears- of Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- by their handיָדָyada
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yada” appears
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
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.
17 · This verse (above)