2 Chronicles 1:16

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue; the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.

The king also made silver as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the Shephelah.

And they were importing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.

“To a mare of mine among the chariots of Pharaoh I compare you, O my darling.