Thematic Bible: Extensive livestock of


Thematic Bible



The king told them, “Take the servants of your lord with you and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to [the spring at] Gihon [in the Kidron Valley].

Solomon also had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.

Every man brought a gift [of tribute]: articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed;

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel for eight years.

And every man brought his tribute: silver and gold articles, robes, armor, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, stationed in chariot cities or at Jerusalem with the king.