1 Kings 9:19
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shᵉlômôh
Shelomah, David's successor
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
רֶכֶב
rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
פָּרָשׁ
pârâsh
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shᵉlômôh
Shelomah, David's successor
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
לְבָנוֹן
Lᵉbânôwn
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שׇׁלְטָן
sholṭân
empire (abstractly or concretely)
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּרָשׁ pârâsh
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
Study H6571 →רֶכֶב rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
Study H7393 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Je...
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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