yarn Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
yarn in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price;" but the Revised Version correctly renders: "And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price."
yarn in Smith's Bible Dictionary
The notice of yarn is contained in an extremely obscure passage in #1Ki 10:28; 2Ch 1:16| The Hebrew Received Text is questionable. Gesenius gives the sense of "number" as applying equally to the merchants and the horses: "A band of the king's merchants bought a drove (of horses) at a price."
yarn in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
YARN , LINEN. 1 Kgs 10:28. There is a diversity of opinion as to the meaning of this term. There is very strong reason to doubt the correctness of the rendering in our translation, and to substitute for it "the drove" - i.e., of horses. See Eze 27:7.
yarn in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
On 1 Kings 10:28, see Linen. (See LINEN.)