1 Kings 4:24-26
EasyEnglish Bible
24 Solomon ruled all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza. There was peace in all these places. 25 While Solomon was alive, Judah and Israel were safe from their enemies. In the whole country, from Dan to Beersheba, every family had a place to live and they could grow food to eat. 26 Solomon had places to keep 4,000 horses that pulled his chariots.[a] He also had 12,000 horses.
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- 4:26 ‘4,000’ or ‘40,000’.
1 Kings 4:24-26
New International Version
24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah(A) to Gaza, and had peace(B) on all sides. 25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,(C) lived in safety,(D) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.(E)
26 Solomon had four[a] thousand stalls for chariot horses,(F) and twelve thousand horses.[b]
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 4:26 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 9:25); Hebrew forty
- 1 Kings 4:26 Or charioteers
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