1 Kings 10:27-29

10:27 The king made silver as plentiful 1  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was 2  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 3  10:28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt 4  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que. 10:29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. 5 

1 tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.

2 tn Heb “he made.”

3 tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

4 sn From Egypt. Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see in vv. 28-29 a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia/Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

5 tn Heb “and a chariot went up and came out of Egypt for six hundred silver [pieces], and a horse for one hundred fifty, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”