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1 Kings 10:29

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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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

WEB World English Bible

A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.

ASV American Standard Version

And a chariot came up and went out of 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 Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and a chariot cometh up and cometh out of Egypt for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram; by their hand they bring out.

Surrounding context — 1 Kings 10

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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וַֽ֠תַּעֲלֶהH5927 · a.lahto ascend: rise וַתֵּצֵ֨אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: come מֶרְכָּבָ֤הH4818 · mer.ka.vahchariot מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt בְּשֵׁ֣שׁH8337 · sheshsix מֵא֣וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundred כֶּ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: money וְס֖וּסH5483 · susswallow בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםH2572 · cha.mish.shimfifty וּמֵאָ֑הH3967 · me.ahhundred וְ֠כֵןH3651 · kenright לְכָל־H3605 · kolall מַלְכֵ֧יH4428 · me.lekhking הַחִתִּ֛יםH2850 · chit.tiHittite וּלְמַלְכֵ֥יH4428 · me.lekhking אֲרָ֖םH758 · a.ramAram בְּיָדָ֥םH3027 · yadhand יֹצִֽאוּ׃ פH3318 · ya.tsato come out: come

Cross-references

2 Kings 7:6-7For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.Joshua 1:4From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.Hosea 12:10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.Malachi 1:1The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

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