Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1 Kings 4:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Each of those district governors for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And those officers provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to his table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking. American Standard Version (1901) And 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. Common English Bible The officials provided King Solomon and all who joined him at the royal table with monthly food rations. They left out nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version And the above-stated commanders of the king nourished these. And they also offered the necessities for the table of king Solomon, with immense diligence, each in his time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the foresaid governors of the king fed them: and they furnished the necessaries also for king Solomon's table, with great care in their time. |
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment.
This is the list of the Israelites, the family heads, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter to do with the divisions that were on rotated military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 in each division:
He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties, to plough his ground and reap his harvest, or to make his weapons of war and the equipment for his chariots.