Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, ¹  her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her. ² 

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. ¹  There she was executed.

His body was carried back by horses ¹  and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. ¹  There they executed her.

His body was carried back by horses, ¹  and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors ²  in the City of David. ³ 

Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Put on your helmets and take your positions! Sharpen you spears! Put on your armor!

The Lord answered, ¹  “If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only ²  in safe and open country, ³  how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River? ⁴ 

Go ahead and ¹  charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia ²  who are armed with the bow. ³ 

The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country and the white ones are going after them, but the spotted ones are going to the south country.

One of his advisers replied, “Pick some men and have them take five of the horses that are left in the city. (Even if they are killed, their fate will be no different than that of all the Israelite people – we’re all going to die!) ¹  Let’s send them out so we can know for sure what’s going on.” ² 

He removed from the entrance to the Lord’s temple the statues of horses ¹  that the kings of Judah had placed there in honor of the sun god. (They were kept near the room of Nathan Melech the eunuch, which was situated among the courtyards.) ²  He burned up the chariots devoted to the sun god. ³ 

The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown ¹  and all the terraced fields ²  out to the Kidron Valley ³  on the east as far north ⁴  as the Horse Gate ⁵  will be included within this city that is sacred to the Lord. ⁶  The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”