John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 10:28

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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 had horses brought out of Egypt, etc.] To mount his horsemen with, and draw his chariots; which seems contrary to the command in (<051716>Deuteronomy 17:16) and linen yarn; the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price; or rather linen itself; or linen garments, as Ben Gersom; linen being the staple commodity of Egypt, (see <231909>Isaiah 19:9), but no mention is made of yarn in (<140928>2 Chronicles 9:28), and the word rendered “linen yarn” signifies a confluence or collection of waters and other things; and the words may be rendered, “as for the collection, the king’s merchants received the collection at a price”; that is, the collection of horses, a large number of them got together for sale; these they took at a price set upon them f284, which is as follows.

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