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15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[a] 16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt[b] and from Cilicia[c]; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price. 17 At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver,[d] and horses for 150 pieces of silver.[e] They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:15 Hebrew the Shephelah.
  2. 1:16a Possibly Muzur, a district near Cilicia; also in 1:17.
  3. 1:16b Hebrew Kue, probably another name for Cilicia.
  4. 1:17a Hebrew 600 [shekels] of silver, about 15 pounds or 6.8 kilograms in weight.
  5. 1:17b Hebrew 150 [shekels], about 3.8 pounds or 1.7 kilograms in weight.

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