And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Thousand. In 3 Kings, we read, 1400 chariots; and here Hebrew has, "4000 stables, (Calmet) or stalls for horses and chariots "(Protestants) and the Septuagint, "4000 mares for the chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. "(Haydock)
There might be ten horses in each stable. (Du Hamel)
