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A Question of Numbers
Commentators note a discrepancy between the 40,000 stalls mentioned here and the 4,000 cited in 2 Chronicles 9:25. Most scholars, like Barnes and Ellicott, suggest the number in 1 Kings is a scribal error, as 4,000 horses is a more logical number for Solomon's 1,400 chariots. Others, like Gill, attempt to harmonize the texts, suggesting one counts stalls and the other stables.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 4:26
18th Century
Theologian
In 2 Chronicles 9:25, the number of stalls for Solomon’s chariot horses is stated as 4,000, not 40,000. The number in the present passa…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 4:26
19th Century
Bishop
Forty thousand. —By comparison with the parallel passage in 2 Chronicles 9:25, and with the notice in [Reference 1 Kin…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 4:26
17th Century
Pastor
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls for horses
In (2 Chronicles 9:25) ; it is only four thousand; and …
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 4:20–28
17th Century
Minister
Never did the crown of Israel shine so bright, as when Solomon wore it. He had peace on all sides. In this, his kingdom was a type of the Messiah's…