1 Kings 10:26-28

Living Bible

²⁶ Solomon built up a great stable of horses with a vast number of chariots and cavalry—1,400 chariots in all and 12,000 cavalrymen, who lived in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. ²⁷ Silver was as common as stones in Jerusalem in those days, and cedar was of no greater value than the common sycamore! ²⁸ Solomon’s horses were brought to him from Egypt and southern Turkey, where his agents purchased them at wholesale prices.