1 Kings 10 · Verse 29

1 Kings 10:29

And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
1 Kings 10:29, King James Version

1 Kings 10:29 in other translations

BSBA chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
WEBA chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty shekels; and so they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
ASVAnd a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
YLTand a chariot cometh up and cometh out of Egypt for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram; by their hand they bring out.
DARBYAnd a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so they brought them by their means, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria.
BBEA war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
WebsterAnd a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

What does 1 Kings 10:29 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 A chariot came up - for six hundred shekels - This was the ordinary price of a chariot, as a hundred and fifty shekels were for a horse. Kings of the Hittites - These must have been the remains of the original inhabitants of Canaan, who had gone to some other country, probably Syria, and formed themselves into a principality there. It seems that neither horses nor chariots came out of Egypt but by means of Solomon's servants.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 10:14-29

Solomon increased his wealth. Silver was nothing accounted of. Such is the nature of worldly wealth, plenty of it makes it the less valuable; much more should the enjoyment of spiritual riches lessen our esteem of all earthly possessions. If gold in abundance makes silver to be despised, shall not wisdom, and grace, and the foretastes of heaven, which are far better than gold, make gold to be lightly esteemed? See…

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1 Kings 10:29 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽ֠תַּעֲלֶהVa.ta.'a.lehand it came upH5927
וַתֵּצֵ֨אva.te.Tze'and it came outH3318
מֶרְכָּבָ֤הmer.ka.Vaha chariotH4818
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714
בְּשֵׁ֣שׁbe.Sheshfor sixH8337
מֵא֣וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
כֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefsilverH3701
וְס֖וּסve.Susand a horseH5483
בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםba.cha.mi.Shimfor fiftyH2572
וּמֵאָ֑הu.me.'Ahand one hundredH3967
וְ֠כֵןVe.khenand thusH3651
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
מַלְכֵ֧יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428
הַחִתִּ֛יםha.chi.Timthe HittitesH2850
וּלְמַלְכֵ֥יu.le.mal.Kheiand to [the] kings ofH4428
אֲרָ֖ם'a.RamAramH758
בְּיָדָ֥םbe.ya.Damby hand theirH3027
יֹצִֽאוּ\׃\ \פyo.Tzi.'uthey brought [them] outH3318

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Cross references for 1 Kings 10:29

  • 2 Kings 7:6-7

    For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

  • Joshua 1:4

    From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

  • Malachi 1:1

    The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

  • Hosea 12:10

    I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
for six hundred.This was the ordinary price of a chariot, as 150 shekels was that of a horse. It seems that neither horses nor chariots came out of Egypt but by means of Solomon's servants.
the kings.
Jos 1:4; 2Ki 7:6
their means. Heb. their hand.
Ho 12:10; Mal 1:1

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Context

  • 1 Kings 10:28

    And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

  • 1 Kings 10:29

    And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

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1 Kings 10:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y venía y salía de Egipto, el carro por seiscientas piezas de plata, y el caballo por ciento y cincuenta; y así los sacaban por mano de ellos todos los reyes de los Hetheos, y de Siria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et un char montait et sortait d’Égypte pour 600 sicles d’argent, et un cheval pour 150; et on en faisait venir ainsi, par leur main, pour tous les rois des Héthiens et pour les rois de Syrie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ein Wagen kam herauf und wurde ausgeführt aus Ägypten um 600 Sekel Silber, und ein Roß um150. Und also führte man für alle Könige der Hethiter und für die Könige von Syrien durch ihre Hand aus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Egrediebatur autem quadriga ex Ægypto sexcentis siclis argenti, et equus centum quinquaginta. Atque in hunc modum cuncti reges Hethæorum et Syriæ equos venundabant.