1 Kings 10:28 - Compare All Versions
1 Kings 10:28 NIV (New International Version)
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price.
1 Kings 10:28 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price.
1 Kings 10:28 NLT (New Living Translation)
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
1 Kings 10:28 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders bought them from Kue at the going price.
1 Kings 10:28 KJV (King James Version)
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
1 Kings 10:28 NKJV (New King James Version)
Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king’s merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price.
1 Kings 10:26-29 MSG (The Message)
Solomon collected chariots and horses: fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses! He stabled them in the special chariot cities as well as in Jerusalem. The king made silver as common as rocks and cedar as common as the fig trees in the lowland hills. His horses were brought in from Egypt and Cilicia, specially acquired by the king’s agents. Chariots from Egypt went for fifteen pounds of silver and a horse for about three and three-quarters pounds of silver. Solomon carried on a brisk horse-trading business with the Hittite and Aramean royal houses.
1 Kings 10:28 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Also Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s merchants acquired them from Kue for a price.
1 Kings 10:28 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue, and the king’s merchants acquired them from Kue, for a price. [Deut 17:15, 16]
1 Kings 10:28 NET (New English Translation)
Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.