歷代志下1:13-17

 

1:13 於是，所羅門從基遍邱壇會幕前回到耶路撒冷，治理以色列人。
1:14 所羅門聚集戰車馬兵，有戰車一千四百輛，馬兵一萬二千名，安置在屯車的城邑和耶路撒冷，就是王那裡。
1:15 王在耶路撒冷使金銀多如石頭，香柏木多如高原的桑樹。
1:16 所羅門的馬是從埃及帶來的，是王的商人一群一群按著定價買來的。
1:17 他們從埃及買來的車，每輛價銀六百舍客勒，馬每匹一百五十舍客勒。赫人諸王和亞蘭諸王所買的車馬，也是按這價值經他們手買來的。

 

¹³ Then Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting. And he reigned over Israel.

¹⁴ Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,^[a] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. ¹⁶ Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue^[b]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. ¹⁷ They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels^[c] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.^[d] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

 

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    所羅門王當王之後，以色列開始有戰車馬兵，是具有強大的攻擊力，使以色列可以成為強大國家。不僅如此，所羅門也為以色列增加財富：「使金銀多如石頭，香柏木多如高原的桑樹」。

 

    而所羅門的商人更掌握了車馬的買賣，赫人諸王和亞蘭諸王所買的車馬，也是按這價值經他們手買來的。表示附近國家的勢力，也是控制在以色列的手中。

 

    當然這一切都是上帝的安排，都是上帝的作為，因為上帝是攝理整個宇宙，包括每一個國家，更不用說是以色列呢！