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26 (A) Solomon had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses that he kept in Jerusalem and other towns.

27 (B) While he was king, there was silver everywhere in Jerusalem, and cedar was as common as ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.

28-29 (C) Solomon's merchants bought his horses and chariots in the regions of Musri and Kue.[a] They paid 600 pieces of silver for a chariot and 150 pieces of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to the Hittite and Syrian kings.

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  1. 10.28,29 Musri and Kue: Hebrew “Egypt and Kue.” Musri and Kue were regions located in what is today southeast Turkey.

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