Chapter 1

This chapter of 2 Chronicles reads much like the second half of 1 Kings 3.  Solomon goes to Gibeon to sacrifice.  This chapter notes that the Tent of Meeting that Moses and Israel had built at Sinai, was still at Gibeon.  Only the Ark had been brought to Jerusalem at this time, and was in a tent there.  So it wasn't just random geography that took Solomon there.  However, the Ark of the Covenant, was in Jerusalem, in the tent that David had prepared there. Solomon offers a thousand burnt offerings on the bronze altar before this tent.  So this didn't happen in just a day.  This would have taken a long time, a lot of animals, a lot of wood.

"That night", God asks Solomon what he wants, Solomon says wisdom.  God promises to make Solomon rich, like no king before him ever.

Solomon buys horses from Egypt and Kue, and then resells them to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

Using today's price of $18/ounce, these numbers translate to $4,320 for a chariot and $1,080 for a horse.  He had 1,400 chariots.  Over $6MM in chariots.

2022 - Here is a thought, based on this verse:

17 They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. [2Ch 1:17 ESV]

Solomon becomes an arms dealer, supplying chariots of war, horses, and perhaps even horsemen to ride them to the surrounding nations.  Surely he did so in a very thoughtful and measured way!