They each brought tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules every year.
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They each brought tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules every year.
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And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 9:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 10:27 But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
- 1 Kings 9:14 Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.
- 1 Kings 10:10 She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was there such an abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:25 Year after year, every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules.
- 2 Chronicles 9:9 She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There was never before such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
- Job 42:11 Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
- Psalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. his present] i.e. his tribute.
24. his present] i.e. his tribute.
harness] R.V. armour (so Pesh. of 1 Kin. and Targ. of 2 Chr. and 1 Kin.). A less probable rendering is στακτὴ (“oil of myrrh”) LXX. (in both places), “myrrh,” Pesh. of 2 Chr.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) And they brought.—Used to bring. (Comp. 2Ch_9:14.)
(24) And they brought.—Used to bring. (Comp. 2Ch_9:14.)
Harness—i.e., weapons and armour. Compare Macbeth’s
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“At least we’ll die with harness on our back.”
A rate year by year.—Literally, a year’s matter in a year. Solomon’s vassal kings are intended.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Every man his present; Hebrew, ytjnmi; which word represents…
Every man his present; Hebrew, ytjnmi; which word represents the treats, paid partly in money, partly in kind (2Ki_17:3, 2Ki_17:4; and the parallel) A rate year by year; Hebrew, jnvArbD which might be simply rendered, "a yearly thing."
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