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What are "Arei ha'Rechev"?
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Radak: It is where they raised horses.
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Radak (Melachim I, 10:26): It is where they stationed chariots and horses. 'Rashi' ? they are called so because the king's Rochevim (riders) are there.
2)
Here it says that he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and below (9:25) it says 4,000 stables and 12,000 horsemen! And in Melachim I, 5:6 it says that he had 40,000 stables, and afterwards he added chariots and horsemen, and he had [only] 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen (10:26)!
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Refer to Melachim I, 5:6:4:1-2 and the notes there 1 .
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Rashi and Mahari Kara (Melachim I, 10:26) cite our verse to say 1,700. Some old texts of Divrei ha'Yamim say so. (PF)
