1 Kings 10:29

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“A 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.”

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BSBPD

“A 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and 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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 10:29 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 1:4Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
  2. 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  3. Hosea 12:10I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
  4. Malachi 1:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:

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