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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 4:26

Forty thousand] in 2 Chronicles 9:25 'four thousand,' which would be sufficient for the 1,400 chariots mentioned in 1 Kings 10:26. The possession of a large force of cavalry was a departure from the practice of David, who, like Joshua, destroyed the horses taken from his enemies.

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See also 1 Kings 4:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 4:26. _SOLOMON HAD FORTY THOUSAND STALLS OF HORSES - AND TWELVE_ _THOUSAND HORSEMEN._] In 2 Chronicles 9:25, instead of _forty thousand stalls_, we read _four thousand_; and even this n...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    In 2 Chronicles 9:25, the number of stalls for Solomon’s chariot horses is stated at 4,000, instead of 40,000. The number in the present passage is probably a corruption. Solomon’s chariots were but 1...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. SOLOMON'S PRINCES AND OFFICERS THE PROSPEROUS KINGDOM AND THE KING'S GREAT WISDOM CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The Princes (1 Kings 4:1)_ 2. The Officers (1 Kings 4:7) 3. The prosperous kingdom (1 Kings 4:20...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 KINGS 3:1 TO 1 KINGS 4:34. EARLY DAYS, REIGN, AND WISDOM OF SOLOMON. The sources of this section are various, and the arrangement of the narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are (_a_) a sta...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FORTY THOUSAND. In 2 Chronicles 9:25 it Isaiah 4, which is much more likely to be correct. The 12,000 are the same in both places. The ancient Hebrew characters were Phoenician, and may be seen on the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _horses for his chariots_ This is one of the passages which make clear the meaning of the Hebrew _sus_, a horse to go in a chariot, and _parash_, a saddle-horse. In 2 Chronicles 9:25 the number of sta...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND SOLOMON HAD FORTY THOUSAND STALLS OF HORSES— In 2 Chronicles 9:25 he is said to have had _four thousand stalls._ The smaller number, according to Houbigant and the best critics, is to be preferred...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. THE WONDERMENT OF THIS REIGN 4:21-34 With 1 Kings 4:21 (1 Kings 5:1 in the Hebrew) the author takes up the thought introduced in 1 Kings 4:20, viz., that Solomon ruled over a vast and happy people...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SOLOMON HAD FORTY THOUSAND STALLS OF HORSES FOR HIS CHARIOTS, AND TWELVE THOUSAND HORSEMEN._ Forty thousand stalls, х_ 'URWOT_ (H723)] - perhaps pairs of horses for the royal mews (see the notes...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 SOLOMON’S PEACEFUL *KINGDOM This chapter shows how successful Solomon’s rule was. The country was wealthy. It was at peace. The farms...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FORTY THOUSAND. — By comparison with the parallel passage in 2 Chronicles 9:25, and with the notice in 1 Kings 10:26 (one thousand four hundred), it seems clear that for “forty thousand” “four thousan...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[1 Kings 5:6]_ וַ יְהִ֣י לִ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SOLOMON'S COURT AND KINGDOM 1 Kings 4:1. "But what more oft in nations grown corrupt And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Solomon set himself to a careful organization of his kingdom. The system of government as here set forth is characterized by order, and, indeed, is in many ways remarkable. The king was supreme in aut...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Forty: 2 Paralipomenon ix. 25., has four in the Hebrew. Septuagint read in both places 40,000 mares, for chariots, and 12,000 horses. (Calmet) --- The Alexandrian copy has 40 here, and 4000 in the lat...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (26) And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. (27) And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon'...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5. Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon, and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the whole co...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SOLOMON HAD FORTY THOUSAND STALLS FOR HORSES,.... In 2 Chronicles 9:25; it is only four thousand; and therefore some think that here is a mistake of the copier, of "arbaim", forty, for "arbah", fo...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. Ver. 26. _Forty thousand stalls of horses._] In his four thousand stables, 2Ch 9:25 each of which had t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for chariots_ In 2 Chronicles 9:25, it is said, he had but _four thousand._ And Bochart thinks that the Hebrew word here used should be rendered _four_, no...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Solomons Princes. 7 His twelue Officers for prouision. 20.24 The peace and largenesse of his kingdome. 22 His daily prouision. 26 His stables. 29 His wisedome. 1 SO King Solomon was king ouer a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, four thousand horses for his fourteen hundred chariots, AND TWELVE THOUSAND HORSEMEN, his cavalry serving to strengthen his standing a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's Riches and Power...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S ADMINISTRATION (vs.1-19) In Solomon's time peace was established in a way not seen in David's day, for there was continual turmoil while David reigned. Now Solomon was undisputed king over...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-28 Never did the crown of Israel shine so bright, as when Solomon wore it. He had peace on all sides. Herein, his kingdom was a type of the Messiah's; for to Him it is promised that he shall have...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FORTY THOUSAND STALLS OF HORSES. In 2 CHRONICLES 9:25, it is but _four thousand_. _Answ_. First, Some acknowledge an error of the transcriber, writing _arbahim_, forty, for _arbah_, four, which was an...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 4:26 Solomon H8010 forty H705 thousand H505 stalls H723 horses H5483 chariots H4817 twelve H8147 H6240 thousand

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Princes and commissaries of Israel. Solomon's reign and wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: There is spiritual peace and joy and a holy security for all faithful subjects of God'...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 4:16. _Two women that were harlots._ The Chaldaic paraphrase reads, “two women of the tabernacle.” It would be difficult for two common women to gain the royal ear. 1 Kings 4:30. _Solomon's wi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _So King Solomon was king over all Israel._ A KINGDOM UNIFIED Charles Albert, we are told, went to help the Milanese. The Austrians, vastly outnumbering, drove him back toward Turin, defeated him at...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 4:26 40,000 STALLS OF HORSES. Although most Hebrew manuscripts place this number at 40,000, a Greek Septuagint manuscript and one Hebrew manuscript say 4,000, which is also the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— The list of officers in Solomon’s kingdom (1 Kings 4:2) seems to have been inserted without belonging to the narrative; for 1 King...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S RULE, STATE, AND WISDOM.—The remainder of this chapter, which de-scribes to us the extent and character of Solomon's sway (1 Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter four, we have listed here those princes that were prominent during the reign of Solomon, and then the twelve officers who were over all of Israel who provided the food for t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 10:25; 1 Kings 10:26; 2 Chronicles 1:14; 2 Chronicles 9:25;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Forty thousand — In 2 Chronicles 9:25, it is but four thousand. But it is not exactly the same Hebrew word which is here and there, though we translate both stalls; and therefore there may well be all...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How can this verse say Solomon had 40,000 stalls when 2 Chronicles 9:25 says he had only 4,000 stalls? PROBLEM: In recording the prosperity of Solomon, this passage states that he had 40,000 stalls of...

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