Bible Dictionary

Yarn

Found only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chr. 1:16. The Heb. word mikveh, i.e., “a stringing together,” so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses. The Authorized Version has: “And…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Found only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chr. 1:16. , “a stringing together,” so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

The notice of yarn is contained in an extremely obscure passage in (1 Kings 10:28; 2 Chronicles 1:16) The Hebrew Received Text is questionable.

Schaff's Bible Dictionary

YARN, LINEN. 1 Kgs 10:28. There is a diversity of opinion as to the meaning of this term. , of horses. See Eze 27:7.