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2 Chronicles 32:29

27 Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

28 He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.

He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

30 It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

31 And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

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BSB
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.
KJV
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
WEB
Moreover he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him abundant possessions.
ASV
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
DARBY
And he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God gave him very much substance.
BLB
And he made cities for himself, and possessions of flock and herd in abundance, for God had given to him very much property.
ÅB
Likeledes bygget han byer og fikk seg en mengde med småfe og storfe; for Gud hadde gitt ham overmåte meget gods.
OTB
Han laget også byer for seg selv, og skaffet seg flokker og hjorder i overflod, fordi Gud hadde gitt ham meget stor rikdom.
B1930
Likeledes bygget han byer og fikk sig en mengde med småfe og storfe; for Gud hadde gitt ham overmåte meget gods.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:12

    Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

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  • Job 1:9

    Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

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  • Job 42:12

    So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:10

    Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:7

    The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

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  • Job 1:3

    and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:17–18

    Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:18

    But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

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