1 Kings 10:28
What does 1 Kings 10:28 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 10:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath <FI>is<Fi> from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And horses were brought for Solomon out of Egypt, and Coa: for the king's merchants bought them out of Coa, and brought them at a set price.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove [of horses], at a price.
Context
v.27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
v.28This passage
v.29And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 27:7
Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
- 2 Chronicles 1:16
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
- Genesis 41:42
And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
- Isaiah 19:9
Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.
- Proverbs 7:16
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 9:28
And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
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