2 Chronicles 1:16

1:16 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

2 Chronicles 9:26

9:26 He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River ²  to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 36:3

36:3 The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax ³  of one hundred talents ⁴  of silver and a talent of gold.

[1:16]  ¹ sn Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see 1 Kgs 10:28-29 as a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia or Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

[9:26]  ² tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew the Euphrates River was typically referred to simply as “the River.”

[36:3]  ³ tn Or “a fine.”

[36:3]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).