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1 Kings 10:23-29 (MSG)

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²³ King Solomon was wiser and richer than all the kings of the earth--he surpassed them all. ²⁴ People came from all over the world to be with Solomon and drink in the wisdom God had given him. ²⁵ And everyone who came brought gifts--artifacts of gold and silver, fashionable robes and gowns, the latest in weapons, exotic spices, and horses and mules--parades of visitors, year after year. ²⁶ Solomon collected chariots and horses: fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses! He stabled them in the special chariot cities as well as in Jerusalem. ²⁷ The king made silver as common as rocks and cedar as common as the fig trees in the lowland hills. ²⁸ His horses were brought in from Egypt and Cilicia, specially acquired by the king's agents. ²⁹ Chariots from Egypt went for fifteen pounds of silver and a horse for about three and three-quarter pounds of silver. Solomon carried on a brisk horse-trading business with the Hittite and Aramean royal houses.

Definition(s):
Egypt (Ee-jipt): that troubles or oppresses; anguish
Solomon (Sol-om-on): peaceable; perfect; one who recompenses