1 Kings 10:27 “The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as ab…”

1 Kings 10:27

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedars as the wilde figtrees that growe abundantly in the plaine.

Darby Translation

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance.

Bible in Basic English

And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

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Cross references

“the king”

2 Chronicles 1:15–17 2 Chronicles 9:27 Job 22:24 Job 22:25

2 Chronicles 1:15–17 · BSB

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

2 Chronicles 9:27 · BSB

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

Job 22:24 · BSB

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

Job 22:25 · BSB

then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

Also

Deuteronomy 17:17

Deuteronomy 17:17 · BSB

He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

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