2 Chronicles 9:28 - Exposition

The parallel mentions horses from Egypt only, but adds that "linen yarn" was brought. The all lands alluded to with us, would manifestly include Armenia ( Ezekiel 27:14 ) and Arabia. The parallel also, in its 2 Chronicles 9:29 , states the prices of a chariot from Egypt as "six hundred shekels [ qu. bekas] of silver" ( i.e. about either £90 or £45); and of a horse for the cavalry, perhaps, not for the chariot, as "one hundred and fifty shekels [ qu. bekas] of silver" ( i.e. £22 10s. or £11 5s; estimating the shekel as worth three shillings with us). Other estimates (see 2 Chronicles 1:17 ) would make the prices £70 and £17 (see our Exposition, 2 Chronicles 1:15-17 ).