2 Chronicles 9:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֨י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אַרְבַּעַת֩ אֲלָפִ֨ים אֻֽרְי֤וֹת סוּסִים֙ וּמַרְכָּב֔וֹת וּשְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הָרֶ֔כֶב וְעִם־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

wayəhî to šəlōmōh four thousand ʾuryôṯ sûsîm and markāḇôṯ and twelve thousand pārāšîm wayannîḥēm in ʿārê the reḵeḇ and with the meleḵ in yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and there was
*šəlōmōh*: preposition + proper name - to Solomon/Solomon had
*ʾuryôṯ*: feminine plural noun - stalls
*sûsîm*: masculine plural noun - horses
*markāḇôṯ*: feminine plural noun - chariots
*pārāšîm*: masculine plural noun - horsemen/chariot warriors
*wayannîḥēm*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he stationed them
*ʿārê*: feminine plural construct - cities of
*reḵeḇ*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the chariot(s)
*meleḵ*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the king
*yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*ʾuryôṯ*: stalls/stables/quarters
*pārāšîm*: horsemen/chariot warriors/cavalry
*wayannîḥēm*: stationed them/placed them/kept them
*ʿārê hareḵeḇ*: chariot cities/cities designated for chariots

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 4:26 : 26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1 Kgs 10:26 : 26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chr 1:14 : 14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Deut 17:16 : 16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 10:25-29
5 verses
94%
25And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
28And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
29And 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.]
2 Chr 1:14-17
4 verses
92%
14And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
15And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
16And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
17And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
1 Kgs 4:26-28
3 verses
92%
26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
28Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.
1 Kgs 9:19
80%
19and all the store - cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chr 9:26-28
3 verses
79%
26And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
28And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
2 Chr 9:24
79%
24And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
2 Chr 8:6
76%
6and Baalath, and all the store - cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chr 8:9
75%
9But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
Ezra 2:66-67
2 verses
75%
66Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
67their camels, four hundred thirty and five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
2 Sam 8:4
75%
4And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
1 Kgs 9:22
74%
22But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
2 Chr 12:3
74%
3with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
Neh 7:68
74%
68Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
Song 3:9
73%
9King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
1 Chr 18:4
73%
4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
1 Kgs 5:15
72%
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
1 Kgs 4:23
71%
23ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.
2 Chr 2:17-18
2 verses
71%
17And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
2 Chr 2:2
71%
2And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
1 Kgs 9:14-15
2 verses
70%
14And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kgs 1:38
70%
38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
2 Kgs 7:14
70%
14They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
2 Chr 9:14
70%
14besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
Rev 9:16
70%
16And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: {G2532} I heard the number of them.
2 Chr 9:12
69%
12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
2 Chr 9:9
69%
9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
2 Chr 7:5
69%
5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Jer 17:25
69%
25then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain for ever.
Isa 22:7
69%
7And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
Zech 6:2-3
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69%
2In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
3and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.
1 Kgs 5:13
69%
13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
Isa 36:8
69%
8Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Num 31:33
69%
33and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,
Jer 22:4
68%
4For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.