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A 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.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 29. Fifty, upon an average.—Hethites: some had retired, and built Lusa; (Judges 1:26) others dwelt beyond Libanus. 4 Kennicott. 7:4. These kings sold horses to Solomon; or, according to the Hebrew the Jews had the traffic of horses in their own hands. Calmet.—Prot. “and so for all the kings … did they bring them out by their means.” Septuagint “thus to all the kings … of Syria, on the seashore, they came out.” Bible.—The merchants sold horses to these kings, at 150 sicles a piece. Calmet.
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
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