Scripture · Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1:17
2 Chronicles 1:17 is verse 17 of 2 Chronicles chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
600 shekels is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of silver.
150 shekels is approximately 3.8 pounds or 1.7 kilograms of silver.
King James Version
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
World English Bible
They imported from Egypt then exported a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty. They also exported them to the Hittite kings and the Syrian kings.
The pieces of silver were probably shekels, so 600 pieces would be about 13.2 pounds or 6 kilograms of silver, and 150 would be about 3.3 pounds or 1.5 kilograms of silver.
or, Aramean
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2 Chronicles 1:15–17 · Berean Standard Bible
15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
17 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
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Cross-references
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