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2 Chronicles 1:15

JerusalemShephelah

13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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.

16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

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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

    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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  • Amos 7:14

    Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

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  • Isaiah 9:10

    The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

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  • Isaiah 60:17

    For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

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  • 1 Kings 10:27–29

    And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

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  • Job 22:24–25

    Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:12

    Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

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