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2 Chronicles 1:15

JerusalemShephelah

13 So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.

14 Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

17 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

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BSB
The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
DARBY
And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.
BLB
And the king made the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as common as stones, and the cedars he made as abundant as the sycamores that [are] in the Shephelah.
ÅB
Kongen gjorde sølvet og gullet i Jerusalem like så almindelig som stein, og sedertre like så almindelig som morbærtrærne i lavlandet.
OTB
Kongen gjorde sølv og gull like vanlig i Jerusalem som steiner,
og han gjorde sedertrær like tallrike som morbærtrærne i lavlandet.
B1930
Kongen gjorde sølvet og gullet i Jerusalem like så almindelig som sten, og sedertre like så almindelig som morbærtrærne i lavlandet.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 9:27

    The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

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  • Amos 7:14

    “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

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  • Isaiah 9:10

    “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

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  • Isaiah 60:17

    Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

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  • 1 Kings 10:27–29

    The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

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  • Job 22:24–25

    and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:12

    therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”

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