2 Chronicles 32:29
27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 29:12
Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Read in contextJob 1:9
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Read in contextJob 42:12
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Read in context2 Chronicles 26:10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:7
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
Read in contextJob 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17–18
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:18
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
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