26.所羅門聚集戰車馬兵,有戰車一千四百輛,馬兵一萬二千名,安置在屯車的城邑和耶路撒冷,就是王那裏。
Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,[i] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
Footnotes:
i. 1 Kings 10:26 Or charioteers
27.王在耶路撒冷使銀子多如石頭,香柏木多如高原的桑樹。
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
28.所羅門的馬是從埃及帶來的,是王的商人一群一群按著定價買來的。
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[j]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price.
Footnotes:
j. 1 Kings 10:28 Probably Cilicia
29.從埃及買來的車,每輛價銀六百舍客勒,馬每匹一百五十舍客勒。赫人諸王和亞蘭諸王所買的車馬,也是按這價值經他們手買來的。
They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[k] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.
Footnotes:
k. 1 Kings 10:29 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms