1 Kings 10:29 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Solomon's merchants trade chariots and horses from Egypt, supplying even the kings of the Hittites and Syria.
What Does 1 Kings 10:29 Mean?
The chapter closes with the figures of this trade. A chariot is bought from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for a hundred and fifty, and Solomon's merchants supply these even to the kings of the Hittites and of Syria. He has become the broker of the region's military commerce, his reach extending in every direction.
So ends the portrait of Solomon at his height, rich, wise, and powerful beyond every king of the earth. Yet the closing focus on Egypt's horses leaves a quiet shadow over the splendor. Earthly glory, however dazzling, is not the same as faithfulness, and the truest greatness is to keep one's heart wholly toward God.
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What does 1 Kings 10:29 mean?
Solomon's merchants trade chariots and horses from Egypt, supplying even the kings of the Hittites and Syria.