horses. No evidence of a late origin of this book, for we read of them in 1Ki_4:26, 1Ki_4:28; 1Ki_10:26, 1Ki_10:28; 1Ki_22:4. 2Ki_9:33; 2Ki_14:20. If not in common use, it was because of the Law (Deu_17:16); and because of Solomon's disobedience (1Ki_10:28. 2Ch_1:16, 2Ch_1:17; 2Ch_9:28).