John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 10:26

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen, etc.] Both for war; for though it was a time of peace, he provided against the worst, lest an enemy should come upon him suddenly, and when unprepared: and he had one thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; of the latter (see Gill on “<110426>1 Kings 4:26”) whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem; some of the horsemen were quartered in the cities where the chariots were placed, and some of them in Jerusalem, to be near the king’s person, and to be a guard to him on occasion. Josephus f282 says, half of them were in Jerusalem about the king, and the rest were dispersed through the king’s villages.

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