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1 Kings 4:26
“Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.”
1 Kings 4:26 in the King James Version
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.Read 1 Kings 4:26 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 1 Kings 4
For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.
Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.
Cross references for 1 Kings 4:26
- 2 Chronicles 1:14
Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 8:4
David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
- Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- 1 Kings 10:25-26
They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred...
- Deuteronomy 17:16
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, "You shall not go back that way again.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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