2 Chronicles 1:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ They imported from Egypt a chariot for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; so they brought out horses for all the Hittite and Syrian kings as export agents.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They would import a chariot from Egypt for six hundred pieces of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, and then export them to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ a four-horse chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty. A similar offer to purchase was made known among all the kingdoms of the Hittites, and among the kings of Syria.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ A chariot of four horses for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. In like manner, market was made in all the kingdoms of the Hethites, and of the kings of Syria.

2 Chronicles 1:17 Cross References

1 Kings 10:29

A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, so through the king’s traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

2 Kings 10:29

But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to commit: the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.

2 Chronicles 1:16

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

2 Chronicles 2:1

Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

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.