Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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- KJV And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- BSB Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
- NKJV Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- NASB Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- NLT Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses, and he had 12,000 horses.
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- 2 Chr 1:14Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 9:25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Sam 8:4David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
- Ps 20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- Deut 17:16Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”
- 1 Kgs 10:25–26Year after year, every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules.
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