1 Raja-raja 10:28

10:28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

Yesaya 31:1

Egypt Will Disappoint

31:1 Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, ² 

those who rely on war horses,

and trust in Egypt’s many chariots ³ 

and in their many, many horsemen. ⁴ 

But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel ⁵ 

and do not seek help from the Lord.

Yehezkiel 17:15

17:15 But this one from Israel’s royal family ⁶  rebelled against the king of Babylon ⁷  by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?

¹ sn From Egypt. Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see in vv. 28-29 a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia/Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

² tn Heb “Woe [to] those who go down to Egypt for help.”

³ tn Heb “and trust in chariots for they are many.”

⁴ tn Heb “and in horsemen for they are very strong [or “numerous”].”

⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.