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The horses; either,
1. The carved or graven horses, to which were adjoined a graven chariot, in which there might be the picture of the sun, which the heathens used to represent in this manner. Or rather,
2. Living horses; for,
1. Such the eastern nations used to consecrate to the sun, to signify the swiftness of his motion.
2. These horses are mentioned apart from the chariots, and are said to be
given to the sun, which is not said of the chariots; and to be taken away, when the chariots were burnt, &c.; and a certain place is here allotted to the horses, not to the chariots. To the sun; either to be sacrificed to the sun; or to draw those chariots in which the kings, or some other in their stead, and by their appointment, went forth every morning to worship the rising sun; for both these were the customs of the Armenians and Persians, as Xenophon testifies.
At the entering in of the house of the Lord, i.e. by the gate of the outward court of the temple; for the courts are oft contained under the name of the house or temple.
The chamberlain, or officer, to whom the care of these horses was committed.
In the suburbs; either,
1. Of the city of David; or rather, of the temple; in certain outward buildings belonging to the temple, and the uses thereof. See Eze_45:2. Heb. in Parvarim; a place near the temple, called also Parbar, 1Ch_26:18, though it be not now known either where it was, or why it was so called. Tie chariots of the sun; which were made for the honour and worship of the sun, as was before expressed.