1 Kings 4:26

4:26 Solomon had 4,000 ¹  stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

1 Kings 10:28

10:28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ²  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

1 Kings 20:21

20:21 Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated ³  Syria.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “40,000,” but this is probably an inflated number (nevertheless it is followed by KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV). Some Greek mss of the OT and the parallel in 2 Chr 9:25 read “4,000” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

² sn From Egypt. Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see in vv. 28-29 a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia/Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

³ tn Heb “struck down Aram with a great striking down.”