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And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their means.
1 Kings 10:29 — KJV
Hittites. At the time of Solomon the once great Hittite empire had broken in pieces, and only its fragments remained—a number of petty Hittite states in northern Syria. Both the Hittites and the Egyptians made extensive use of horses and chariots, with the result that there was an active exchange of Egyptian-made chariots and Anatolian horses. Solomon found himself in an advantageous position to act as middleman in this international exchange. As to the Anatolian interest in horse raising and training, see on v. 28. Records exist of Egyptian tribute of horses to Sargon and Ashurbanipal.
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