24 Each of them would bring his own gift—items[a] of silver and gold, clothing, weapons,[b][c] spices, and horses and mules—as an annual tribute.

25 Solomon(A) had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.(B) He stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:24 Or vessels, or weapons
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:24 LXX reads resin
  3. 2 Chronicles 9:24 Or fragrant balsam

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