Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
gold--forbidden to be heaped together (Deuteronomy 17:17). Solomon disobeyed (1 Kings 10:21, 1 Kings 10:27).
horses . . . chariots--forbidden (Deuteronomy 17:16). But Solomon disobeyed (1 Kings 20:26). Horses could be used effectively for war in the plains of Egypt; not so in the hilly Judea. God designed there should be as wide as possible a distinction between Israel and the Egyptians. He would have His people wholly dependent on Him, rather than on the ordinary means of warfare (Psalms 20:7). Also horses were connected with idolatry (2 Kings 23:11); hence His objection: so the transition to "idols" (Isaiah 2:8) is natural.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 3:1
Isaiah 23:15
Isaiah 30:16
Isaiah 36:8
Isaiah 57:17
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