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^(C1)Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he ^(F1)stationed them in the ^(C2)chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

^(C1)And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the ^(F1)lowland.

^(C1)Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants acquired them from Kue for a price.

A chariot ^(F1)was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and ^(F2)by the same means they exported them ^(C1)to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans.