...vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 20 And Solomon had d the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that 27 And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's...

...pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fatted fowl. He had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom...

...represented as multiplying to himself chariots and horses. In one passage* we arc informed that he had " forty thousand stalls of horses for his 'chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen." In another passagef it is said, 'Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen, and he had a thousand...

...Jong black hair sprinkled freshly every day with gold-dust (ib. iii. 7, 8; Joseph. Ant. viii. 7, §3). Forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, made up the measure of his magnificence (1 K. iv. 26). If some of the public works had the plea of...

...and tinder his tig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon. 56 And Solomon hath forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. "'And these officers have sustained king Solomon and every one drawing near unto the table of king...

...specific tributes ; but presents were made to the sovereign."—IBID. 1. mc 89. 26. And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. " Three hundred chariots afford three hundred combatants, and these require twelve hundred horses."—XEN....

...chariots and horsemen" (2 Sam. xv. 1). Solomon soon became distinguished for his cavalry — " He had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen " (ch. iv. 26). This large war establishment was not uninfluential in securing peace. Thus, in the...

...we know, was the first king who ' multiplied ' horses brought out of Egypt : — ' And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,' lK.iv.26; ' And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen ; and he had a thousand and four hundred...

...of the country to the other. But then at the very next verse following, it is said, "And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen." What ! peace and plenty, horses and horsemen, how can they stand together? No doubt, but this was one...

...parts of the land, — the people enjoyed this blessing all the days of Solomon. " And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen." Besides these, he had also swift dromedaries, that might go post for him, and all these were constantly...