2 Chronicles 9:25

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Solomon	לִשְׁלֹמֹ֜ה lish.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
four	אַרְבַּעַת֩ 'ar.ba.'At	H702	four · noun, common both genders singular construct
thousand	אֲלָפִ֨ים 'a.la.Fim	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders plural absolute
stalls	אֻֽרְי֤וֹת 'ur.Yot	H723	a herding-place for an animal · noun, common feminine plural construct
horses	סוּסִים֙ su.Sim	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
chariots	וּמַרְכָּב֔וֹת u.mar.ka.Vot	H4818	a chariot · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural absolute
twelve	וּשְׁנֵים u.she.neim-	H8147	two · conjunction + noun, common both genders dual absolute
thousand	אֶ֖לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
horsemen	פָּרָשִׁ֑ים pa.ra.Shim	H6571	a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle · noun, common masculine plural absolute
bestowed	יָנַח yânach	H3240	to deposit
chariot	הָרֶ֔כֶב ha.Re.khev	H7393	a vehicle · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cities	בְּעָרֵ֣י be.'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם bi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

1 Kings 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1 Kings 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he…
2 Chronicles 1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed i…
Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch a…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:13–end

We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne would not secure him from the grave. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat - Death wrenches from the hand the sceptre as well as the spade. I. Here is Solomon reigning in wealth and power, in ease and fulness, such as, for aught I know, could never since be paralleled by any king whatsoever. In cannot pretend to be critical in comparing the grandeur of Solomon with that of some of the great princes of the earth. But I may observe that the most illustrious of them were famed for their wars, whereas Solomon reigned forty years in profound peace. Some of those that might be thought to vie with Solomon affected retirement, kept…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 9:25

Solomon had four thousand stalls--It has been conjectured [GESENIUS, Hebrew Lexicon] that the original term may signify not only stall or stable, but a number of horses occupying the same number of stalls. Supposing that ten were put together in one part, this would make forty thousand. According to this theory of explanation, the historian in Kings refers to horses [see Kg1 10:26]; while the historian in Chronicles speaks of the stalls in which they were kept. But more recent critics reject this mode of solving the difficulty, and, regarding the four thousand stalls as in keeping with the general magnificence of Solomon's establishments, are agreed in considering the text in Kings as corrup…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 9:25

Four thousand stalls for horses - See the note on Kg1 4:26, where the different numbers in these two books are considered. The Targum, instead of four thousand, has ארבע מאה arba meah, four hundred.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 9:1

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Dictionary and topics

Chariot · Cities for — Cities for
Cities · .Chariot — .Chariot
Horse · .From Egypt — .From Egypt

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 9:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 9:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 9:25

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 9:1

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 9:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 9:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 9:25

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 9:1

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 9:25-28

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 9:21

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 9:25