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.

And the king {H4428} made {H5414} silver {H3701} in Jerusalem {H3389} as stones {H68}, and cedar trees {H730} made {H5414} he as the sycomore trees {H8256} that are in the low plains {H8219} in abundance {H7230}.

The king made silver in Yerushalayim as common as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as sycamore-fig trees are in the Sh'felah.

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

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 lowland, for abundance.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 1:15 (3 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:17 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 78:47 (2 votes)

    He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

  • Isaiah 9:10 (2 votes)

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

  • Amos 7:14 (2 votes)

    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:

  • Job 22:24 (2 votes)

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

  • Job 22:25 (2 votes)

    Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.