KJV King James Version
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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1 Kings 10:28
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
WEB World English Bible
The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
ASV American Standard Version
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath is from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 10
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king made silver [to be] in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he [to be] as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale, for abundance.
28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their means.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּמוֹצָ֧אH4161 · mo.tsaexitהַסּוּסִ֛יםH5483 · susswallowאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichלִשְׁלֹמֹ֖הH8010 · she.lo.mohSolomonמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוּמִקְוֵ֕הH4723 · qo.vehKueסֹחֲרֵ֣יH5503 · sa.charto tradeהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיִקְח֥וּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeמִקְוֵ֖הH4723 · qo.vehKueבִּמְחִֽיר׃H4242 · me.chirprice
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 17:16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.2 Chronicles 9:28And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.Isaiah 31:1-3Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!Isaiah 36:9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?2 Chronicles 1:16-17And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.Proverbs 7:16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.Isaiah 19:9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.Ezekiel 27:7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.Genesis 41:42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
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