2 Chronicles 9:25
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
Four thousand stalls for horses - See the note on Kg1 4:26, where the different numbers in these two books are considered. The Targum, instead of four thousand, has ארבע מאה arba meah, four hundred.
We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne would not secure him from the grave. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat - Death wrenches from the hand the sceptre as well as…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
four thousand stalls for horses and chariots In the parallel passage (1Ki 4:26 = 2Ch 5:6 Heb.), forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots. The meaning of the word rendered "stalls" is quite…
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