1 Kings 4 · Verse 26

1 Kings 4:26

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1 Kings 4:26, King James Version

1 Kings 4:26 in other translations

BSBSolomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
WEBSolomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
ASVAnd Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
YLTAnd Solomon hath forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
DARBYAnd Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
BBEAnd Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
WebsterAnd Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

What does 1 Kings 4:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. forty thousand stalls--for the royal mews (see on 2Ch 9:25).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses - and twelve thousand horsemen - In 2Chr 9:25, instead of forty thousand stalls, we read four thousand; and even this number might be quite sufficient to hold horses for twelve thousand horsemen; for stalls and stables may be here synonymous. In 1Kgs 10:26 it is said he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and this is the reading in 2Chr 1:14. In 2Chr 9:25, already quoted, instead of forty thousand stalls for horses, the Septuagint has τεσσαρες χιλιαδες θηλειαι ἱπποι, four thousand mares; and in this place the whole verse is omitted both by the Syriac and Arabic. In the Targum of Rabbi Joseph on this book we have ארבע מאה arba meah, four hundred, instead of the four thousand in Chronicles, and the forty thousand in the text. From this collation of parallel places we may rest satisfied that there is a corruption in the numbers somewhere; and as a sort of medium, we may take for the whole four thousand stalls, one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 4:20-28

Never did the crown of Israel shine so bright, as when Solomon wore it. He had peace on all sides. Herein, his kingdom was a type of the Messiah's; for to Him it is promised that he shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and that princes shall worship him. The spiritual peace, and joy, and holy security, of all the faithful subjects of the Lord Jesus, were typified by that of Israel. The kingdom of God is not…

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1 Kings 4:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it belongedH1961
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗הlish.lo.Mohto SolomonH8010
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
אֶ֛לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
אֻרְוֹ֥ת'ur.Votstalls ofH723
סוּסִ֖יםsu.SimhorsesH5483
לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹle.mer.ka.Vofor chariotry hisH4817
וּשְׁנֵים\־u.she.neim-and two [plus]H8147
עָשָׂ֥ר'a.SartenH6240
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
פָּרָשִֽׁים\׃pa.ra.ShimhorsemenH6571

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 4:26

  • 2 Chronicles 1:14

    And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:25

    And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 8:4

    And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

  • Psalms 20:7

    Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

  • 1 Kings 10:25-26

    And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • Deuteronomy 17:16

    But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
forty thousand.
10:25,26; De 17:16; 2Sa 8:4; 2Ch 1:14; 9:25; Ps 20:7

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Context

  • 1 Kings 4:25

    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Kings 4:26

    And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 1 Kings 4:27

    And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

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1 Kings 4:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tenía además de esto Salomón cuarenta mil caballos en sus caballerizas para sus carros, y doce mil jinetes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Salomo hatte vierzigtausend Stände für Rosse zu seinen Wagen, und zwölftausend Reiter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia præsepia equorum currilium, et duodecim millia equestrium.