2 Chronicles 1:17They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~970 BC. Solomon's merchants operating as arms dealers, selling Egyptian chariots and horses to neighboring kingdoms for massive profits...
The emotion here: documenting the seeds of spiritual decline through material excess
The original word
merkabah (מרכבה) — war chariot, the ancient equivalent of selling tanks and fighter jets
Why it matters
600 pieces of silver for one chariot was equivalent to about 15 years' wages for a common laborer
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 1:17
Solomon wasn't just buying weapons — he was running an international arms dealing operation
Common misconceptionThis looks like divine blessing on Solomon's wealth, but it's actually showing how he became an arms dealer, profiting from war while accumulating the very things God warned against.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 2 Chronicles 1:17
Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 1:17 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 1:17 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is growing, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include economic details, trade values, material prosperity. Notable phrases: six hundred pieces of silver; one hundred fifty.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same growing
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
“So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
— Romans 10:17
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
— John 3:30
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
— Galatians 6:2
“He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.”
— Genesis 15:6
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