Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 10:29

29 And a charet 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.

This is not to be understood of the Charets and Horses themselves, (for then all Horses had been set at an equal price, which is most absurd) but by a Metonymy, for the Lading of Charets and Horses, which consisting of fine Linen, and [illegible: 1 word], &c. were of great value; and the Kings Custom, together with the Charges of the Journey, amounted to these sums.

A People dwelling principally in the Northern and Eastern parts of Canaan, Ios. 1. 4. whom the Israelites contrary to their Duty spared; and suffered to live among them, Iudg. 3. 5. who afterwards, it seems, grew numerous and potent; and, it may be, they sent out Colonies (after the manner of the Ancient times) into some parts of Syria and Arabia; and possibly these kings of the Hittites may be some of those kings of Arabia, 1 King. 10. 15.

Marginal references: Heb. by [illegible: 1 word] hand.