1 Kings 4:26
What does 1 Kings 4:26 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 4:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Solomon hath forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand for the saddle.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Context
v.25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
v.26This passage
v.27And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 1:14
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- Deuteronomy 17:16
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
- 2 Samuel 8:4
And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- Psalms 20:7
Some trustin chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
- 1 Kings 10:25
And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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