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2 Chronicles 1:14
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Solomon’s return from Gibeon to Jerusalem to formally begin his reign over Israel.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/יֶּאֱסֹ֣ף (va/i.ye.'e.Sof) translates literally as "and he gathered," and רֶ֣כֶב (Re.khev) means "chariot[s]."
The thread — This military inventory runs parallel to 1 Kings 10:26, which records the identical chariot and horse totals stationed in chariot cities and Jerusalem, while 1 Kings 4:26 specifies 4,000 stalls for the horses.
Why it lands — The text demands a reader to weigh the scale of royal accumulation against the subsequent claim that silver and gold became as common as stone in Jerusalem.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 4:26 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
- 1 Kings 10:26 Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 9:19 as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- Deuteronomy 17:16 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- 1 Kings 10:16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.