The king made silver and gold to be as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars to be as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
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The king made silver and gold to be as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars to be as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
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And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
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And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore-trees that are in the Lowland, for abundance.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as abundant as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
- 1 Kings 10:27-29 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland. The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price. A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty shekels; and so they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites, and to the kings of Syria.
- 2 Chronicles 1:12 therefore wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you had, and none after you will have.”
- Job 22:24-25 Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
- Isaiah 9:10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”
- Isaiah 60:17 For bronze I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.
- Amos 7:14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He caused so great plenty, that it was no…
He caused so great plenty, that it was no more esteemed than stones.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 1:15 And the king made silver and gold…
2Ch 1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem [as plenteous] as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale for abundance.
Ver. 15. And the king made.] Heb., Gave. By giving he made it so. This was a golden age indeed.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. Made silver and gold] See on 1Kg…
Verse 15. Made silver and gold] See on 1Kg 10:27-28.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sycamores are trees of small value, and not good…
Sycamores are trees of small value, and not good for building. (Tirinus)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones] R.V. to…
15. at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones] R.V. to be at Jerusalem as stones. In Kings this is asserted of silver only. Jerusalem is one of the stoniest places in the world.
the sycomore trees] LXX. συκαμίνους (but Luk_19:4 συκομορέα). See 1Ch_27:28, note.
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vale] R.V. lowland, i.e. the stretch of low hills separating the maritime plain from the hill country of Judah. Cp. G. A. Smith, Hist. Geography, Chap. 10, “The Shephelah.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) Silver and gold . . . stones .…
(15) Silver and gold . . . stones . . . cedar trees.—Each of these words has the definite article in the Hebrew.
And gold.—Not in 1Ki_10:27, with which the rest of the verse coincides; nor in 2Ch_9:27. The Syriac omits it here also, but the other versions have it, and the phrase is a natural heightening of the hyperbole.
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The sycomore trees that are in the vale.—(Comp. 1Ch_27:28.) The Syriac reads instead. “As the sand which is on the seashore.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And gold. The omission of these words in the…
And gold. The omission of these words in the parallel (1Ki_10:27) is remarkable in the light of what we read in 2Ch_9:20. We find the contents of this verse again in (2Ch_9:27; as also in the parallel, (1Ki_10:27) just quoted with the exception already named. Cedar trees. The meaning is felled trunks of cedar (1Ch_22:4) ( Whether the wood intended is the cedar of Lebanon (Pinus cedrus, or Cedrus conifera), "tall" (Isa_2:13 Isa_37:24; Amo_2:9) "widespreading", (Eze_31:3) odoriferous, with very few knots, and wonderfully resisting decay, is considered by authorities on such subjects still uncertain. Gesenius, in his "Lexicon," sub voc., may be consulted, and the various Bible dictionaries, especially Dr. Smith"s, under "Cedar;" and Dr. Kitto"s "Cyclopaedia," under "Eres." The writer in Dr. Smith"s "Dictionary" suggests that under the one word "cedar," the Pinus cedrus, Pinus deodara, Yew, Taxus baccata, and Pinus sylvestris (Scotch pine) were referred to popularly, and were employed when building purposes are in question. That the said variety was employed is likely enough, but that we are intended to understand this when the word "cedar" is used seems unlikely (see for further indication of this unlikeliness, the instancing of "firs" occasionally with "cedars," (1Ki_5:10 1Ki_9:11; 2Ch_2:8) Sycomore trees ( This word is found always in its present masc. plur. form except once, minov (Psa_78:47) where the plur. fem. form is found. The Greek equivalent in the Septuagint is always suka but in the New Testament, and in the same treatise, i.e. the Gospel according to St. Luke, we find both sukaminov and sukomwrea. (Luk_17:6 and 19:4 respectively) Now, the former of these trees is the well. known mulberry tree. But the latter is what is called the fig-mulberry, or the sycamore-fig; and this is the tree of the Old Testament. Its fruit resembles the fig, grows on sprigs shooting out of the thick stems themselves of the tree, and each fruit needs to be punctured a few days before gathering, if it is to be acceptable eating (Amo_7:14; Isa_9:10) In the vale; i.e. in the lowland country, called the Shefelah. This is the middle one of the three divisions in which Judaea is sometimes described mountain, lowland, and valley. This lowland was really the lowhills, between mountains and plain, near Lydda and Daroma (the "dry," 1.q. Negeb, (Deu_34:1-3) while the valley was the valley of Jordan, from Jericho to Engedi (Conder"s "Handbook to the Bible," pp. 302, 309, 2nd edit.).
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