2 Chronicles 1:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue; the king’s traders received them from Kue at the prevailing price.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Solomon's horses were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue, purchased from Kue by the king’s agents at the going price.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then horses were brought to him from Egypt and from Kue, by the negotiators of the king, who went and bought for a price:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And there were horses brought him from Egypt, and from Coa by the king's merchants, who went, and bought at a price,

2 Chronicles 1:16 Cross References

2 Chronicles 1:17

They imported from Egypt (and then exported) a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, so through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

2 Chronicles 9:28

Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

Song of Solomon 1:9

I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

Deuteronomy 17:16

Even so, he must not acquire many horses for himself or return the people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You must never return that way again.’