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2 Chronicles 9:27

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The king made silver [as common] as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees he made as the sycamore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And the king made the silver in Jerusalem like the stones,—and, the cedar trees, made he like the sycomores which are in the lowland, for abundance.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that [are] in the low country, for abundance,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And he made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars as common as the sycamores, which grow in the plains.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem, as stones, and gaue cedar trees as the wilde fig trees, that are aboundant in the plaine.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the king made siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the Sycomore trees, that [are] in the low plaines, in abundance.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And King Solomon made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as the sand that is by the sea in abundance.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the king made silver in Yerushalaim as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the king 4428
{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
made 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
x853
(0853) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
silver 3701
{3701} Prime
כֶּסֶף
keceph
{keh'-sef}
From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money.
in Yærûšälaim יְרוּשָׁלִַם 3389
{3389} Prime
יְרוּשָׁלִַם
Y@ruwshalaim
{yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im}
A dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine.
as stones, 68
{0068} Prime
אֶבֶן
'eben
{eh'-ben}
From the root of H1129 through the meaning, to build; a stone.
and cedar trees 730
{0730} Prime
אֶרֶז
'erez
{eh-rez'}
From H0729; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots).
made 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
he as the sycomore trees 8256
{8256} Prime
שָׁקָם
shaqam
{shaw-kawm'}
(The second form is feminine); of uncertain derivation; a sycamore (usually the tree).
that x834
(0834) Complement
אֲשֶׁר
'asher
{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
[are] in the low plains 8219
{8219} Prime
שְׁפֵלָה
sh@phelah
{shef-ay-law'}
From H8213; Lowland, that is, (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine.
in abundance. 7230
{7230} Prime
רֹב
rob
{robe}
From H7231; abundance (in any respect).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Chronicles 9:13-31.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

2 Chronicles 9:27

And the king made silver in Jerusalem (n) as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.

(n) The abundance of those temporal treasures in Solomon's kingdom is a figure of the spiritual treasures which the elect will enjoy in the heavens under the true Solomon, Christ.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the king:

2 Chronicles 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 1:15-17 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. ... 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.
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. ... And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their means.
Job 22:24-25 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. ... Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

made:
Heb. gave

the sycamore:

1 Chronicles 27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that [were] in the low plains [was] Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil [was] Joash:
Psalms 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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.
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:
Luke 19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that [way].
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1K 10:27. 1Ch 27:28. 2Ch 1:15; 9:20. Jb 22:24. Ps 78:47. Is 9:10. Am 7:14. Lk 19:4.

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