KJV 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.
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1 Kings 10:27
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
WEB World English Bible
The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 10
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 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.
28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּתֵּ֨ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveהַמֶּ֧לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַכֶּ֛סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemכָּאֲבָנִ֑יםH68 · e.venstoneוְאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]הָאֲרָזִ֗יםH730 · e.rezcedarנָתַ֛ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveכַּשִּׁקְמִ֥יםH8256 · shiq.mahsycamoreאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖הH8219 · she.phe.lahShephelahלָרֹֽב׃H7230 · rovabundance
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 17:17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.Job 22:24-25Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.2 Chronicles 1:15-17And 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 9:27And 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.
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