with twelve hundred chariots The details given in this verse are absent from 1 Kin.

Lubims R.V. Lubim (cp. 2 Chronicles 16:8). The "s" is not needed, "im" being a mark of the Heb. plural as in "Cherubim" and "Seraphim." The Lubimare no doubt the Libyans.

Sukkiims R.V. Sukkiim. LXX. Τρωγλοδύται, i.e. the cave dwellers of the mountains which fringe the west coast of the Red Sea. But whether these are really meant here is doubtful.

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