24 For he was ruling over everything [a]west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah even to (A)Gaza, (B)over all the kings [b]west of the River; and (C)he had peace on all sides surrounding him. 25 (D)So Judah and Israel lived securely, everyone under his vine and his fig tree, (E)from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 26 (F)Solomon had [c]forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

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  1. 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond
  2. 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond
  3. 1 Kings 4:26 One LXX ms reads 4,000, cf. 2 Chr 9:25

24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah(A) to Gaza, and had peace(B) on all sides. 25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,(C) lived in safety,(D) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.(E)

26 Solomon had four[a] thousand stalls for chariot horses,(F) and twelve thousand horses.[b]

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  1. 1 Kings 4:26 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 9:25); Hebrew forty
  2. 1 Kings 4:26 Or charioteers