1 Kings 4:26

4:26 Solomon had 4,000 ¹  stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

1 Kings 7:10

7:10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet. ² 

1 Kings 7:26

7:26 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons. ³ 

1 Kings 10:26

10:26 Solomon accumulated ⁴  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ⁵ 

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¹ tn The Hebrew text has “40,000,” but this is probably an inflated number (nevertheless it is followed by KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV). Some Greek mss of the OT and the parallel in 2 Chr 9:25 read “4,000” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

² tn Heb “stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits” (it is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured). If both numbers refer to the length of the stones (cf. NCV, CEV, NLT), then perhaps stones of two different sizes were used in some alternating pattern.

³ tn Heb “two thousand baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

⁴ tn Or “gathered.”

⁵ tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

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