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.
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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.
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And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
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And the king made silver 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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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 9:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 1:15-17 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. The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue. The king’s merchants purchased them from Kue. They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty. They also exported them to the Hittite kings and the Syrian kings.
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 27:28 and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite; and over the cellars of oil was Joash;
- 2 Chronicles 9:20 All king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
- 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.
- Psalms 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
- 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.”
- 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;
- Luke 19:4 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The abundance of these temporal treasures in Solomon’s kingdom…
The abundance of these temporal treasures in Solomon’s kingdom is a figure of the Spiritual treasures, which the elect shall enjoy in the heavens under the true Solomon, Christ.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem…
2Ch 9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.
Ver. 27. That are in the low plains.] That grow in every hedgerow.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. cedar trees] Rather, cedar wood.
27. cedar trees] Rather, cedar wood.
sycomore] i.e. the fig-mulberry, not now a common tree in Palestine; cp. 1Ch_27:28, note.
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the low plains] R.V. the lowland (Heb. “Shephelah”). See G. A. Smith, Hist. Geography, Chap. 10. “The Shephelah.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) And the king made silver.—Identical with 1Ki_10:27. On…
(27) And the king made silver.—Identical with 1Ki_10:27. On this and the following verse, comp. the prohibitions of Deu_17:16-17.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The foundations of the evil of exceeding metropolitan centralization…
The foundations of the evil of exceeding metropolitan centralization were being too surely laid now. Silver sycomore trees (1Ch_27:28; 2Ch_1:16)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 as much as the stones on the ground
as much as the stones on the ground
This is an exaggeration to emphasize that there was such a great amount of silver. (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
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They brought horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all the lands
The word "they" may refer to Solomon's merchants. However this sentence is not about what the merchants did, but about where Solomon's horses came from. AT: "Horses were brought to Solomon from Egypt and from all the lands" or "Solomon's horses were from Egypt and all the lands"
from all the lands
The word "all" is a generalization. AT: "from many other places" or "from many other countries" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
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