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26 Solomon had stalls for 40,000 chariot horses. He also had 12,000 chariot soldiers.[a] 27 Each of the governors provided food for one month every year for King Solomon and all who ate at his table. The governors saw to it that nothing was in short supply. 28 They brought their quota of barley and straw for the chariot horses to the proper places.

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  1. 4:26 Or “12,000 cavalry horses.”

26 Solomon had four[a] thousand stalls for chariot horses,(A) and twelve thousand horses.[b]

27 The district governors,(B) each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. 28 They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 4:26 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 9:25); Hebrew forty
  2. 1 Kings 4:26 Or charioteers