¹⁶ The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses^(A) for himself^(B) or make the people return to Egypt^(C) to get more of them,^(D) for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.”^(E)

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

¹⁴ Solomon accumulated chariots^(A) and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,^[a] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

²⁵ Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots,^(A) and twelve thousand horses,^[a] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

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