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1 Kings 10:29 Explained in Context
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Verse 29. 29And 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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Quick Meaning
At 1 Kings 10:29, the narrator gives the Egyptian prices for chariots and horses and describes resale to Hittite and Aramean kings.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 10:26–10:29
Read 1 Kings 10:29 with 1 Kings 10:26–10:29, titled “Chariots and horses make Solomon an arms broker.” Gives the Egyptian prices for chariots and horses and describes resale to Hittite and Aramean kings.
Why This Verse Appears Here
1 Kings 10:29 gives the Egyptian prices for chariots and horses and describes resale to Hittite and Aramean kings; this distinct detail carries 1 Kings 10:26–10:29 from “1 Kings 10:21–10:25 has just shown: Trade, wealth, wisdom, and tribute accumulate.” toward “1 Kings 11:1–11:8 next develops: Solomon's loves and worship turn his heart.”
Read 1 Kings 10:26–29 together
Why these verses belong together: Chariots and horses make Solomon an arms broker is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 10:26–10:29.
Verse 26. 26 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.
Verse 27. 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
Verse 28. 28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Verse 29. 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.
Follow the Context
- Counts Solomon's chariots and horsemen and locates them in garrison cities and Jerusalem
- Gives the Egyptian prices for chariots and horses and describes resale to Hittite and Aramean kings
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Wisdom and international admiration do not turn Solomon's accumulation, tribute, luxury, horses, weapons trade, or annual 666 talents into a prosperity or conspiracy code.
What Remains True
Because 1 Kings 10:29 gives the Egyptian prices for chariots and horses and describes resale to Hittite and Aramean kings, responsible reading keeps the narrated action, source limits, accountable agents, and affected people together; Wisdom and international admiration do not turn Solomon's accumulation, tribute, luxury, horses, weapons trade, or annual 666 talents into a prosperity or conspiracy code.
How It Can Shape Life
- When an analogous issue arises, use 1 Kings 10:29 to name the specific conduct—gives the Egyptian prices for chariots and horses and describes resale to Hittite and Aramean kings—then document power, evidence, uncertainty, safeguards, and people at risk.
Teach It Back
In 55–180 words, explain how 1 Kings 10:29 gives the Egyptian prices for chariots and horses and describes resale to Hittite and Aramean kings, why it needs 1 Kings 10:26–10:29, and what the complete unit does not authorize.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Kings 10:26–10:29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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