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16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Cilicia,[a] where the king’s agents purchased them at the prevailing price.(A) 17 A chariot imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, a horse one hundred and fifty shekels; so they were exported to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.(B)

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  1. 1:16–17 Egypt and Cilicia: it seems likely that the horses came from Cilicia and the chariots from Egypt. Some scholars find a reference to Musur, a mountain district north of Cilicia, rather than to Egypt (Misrayim) in 1 Kgs 10:28–29, the Chronicler’s source for this notice. The Chronicler himself probably understood the source to be speaking of Egypt; cf. 2 Chr 9:28.

16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[a]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 17 They imported a chariot(A) from Egypt for six hundred shekels[b] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[c] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 1:16 Probably Cilicia
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:17 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
  3. 2 Chronicles 1:17 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms