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They fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
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Solomon's Strategic Trade
Commentators explain that this verse highlights a key source of Solomon's legendary wealth: his strategic control of the international arms trade. He imported chariots and horses from Egypt, a major producer, and then exported them at a profit to the kings of the Hittites and Syria. This demonstrates a specific, tangible way God fulfilled His promise of riches.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This passage is almost identical to 1 Kings 10:26–29.
19th Century
Anglican
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt. —Literally, And they caused to come up and to come out. Kin…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 1:13)
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