15. The king made silver and gold to be as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars to be as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
16. The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue. The king’s merchants purchased them from Kue.
17. They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. They also exported them to the Hittite kings and the Syrian kings.