1 Kings 10 · Verse 27

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.
1 Kings 10:27, King James Version

1 Kings 10:27 in other translations

BSBThe king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
WEBThe king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.
BBEAnd the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
WebsterAnd the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars he made to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

What does 1 Kings 10:27 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 Made silver - as stones - He destroyed its value by making it so exceedingly plenty. As the sycamore trees - He planted many cedars, and doubtless had much cedar wood imported; so that it became as common as the sycamore trees, which appear to have grown there in great abundance. This is considered to be a tree that partakes of the nature of the fig tree, and of the mulberry. Of the former it has the fruit, and of the latter the leaves; that is, the fruit had a considerable resemblance to the fig, and the leaf to that of the mulberry tree: hence its name sycamore, from the Greek συκον, a fig, and μορεα, a mulberry tree.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 10:14-29

Solomon increased his wealth. Silver was nothing accounted of. Such is the nature of worldly wealth, plenty of it makes it the less valuable; much more should the enjoyment of spiritual riches lessen our esteem of all earthly possessions. If gold in abundance makes silver to be despised, shall not wisdom, and grace, and the foretastes of heaven, which are far better than gold, make gold to be lightly esteemed? See…

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1 Kings 10:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ןvai.yi.Tenand he madeH5414
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכֶּ֛סֶףha.Ke.sef<the> silverH3701
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
כָּאֲבָנִ֑יםka.'a.va.Nimlike <the> stone<s>H68
וְאֵ֣תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָאֲרָזִ֗יםha.'a.ra.Zim<the> cedarsH730
נָתַ֛ןna.Tanhe madeH5414
כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥יםka.shik.Mimlike the sycamoresH8256
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖הba.she.fe.Lah[are] in the ShephelahH8219
לָרֹֽב\׃la.Rofor abundanceH7230

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Cross references for 1 Kings 10:27

  • 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.

  • 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 Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 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.

  • Deuteronomy 17:17

    Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

  • Job 22:24-25

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the king.
2Ch 1:15-17; 9:27; Job 22:24,25
made. Heb. gave.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 10:26

    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 10:28

    And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

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1 Kings 10:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y puso el rey en Jerusalem plata como piedras, y cedros como los cabrahigos que están por los campos en abundancia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi fit que l’argent, dans Jérusalem, était comme les pierres, et il fit que les cèdres étaient, en quantité, comme les sycomores qui sont dans le pays plat.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der König machte das Silber in Jerusalem den Steinen gleich, und die Cedern machte er den Sykomoren gleich, die in der Niederung sind, an Menge.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fecitque ut tanta esset abundantia argenti in Jerusalem, quanta et lapidum: et cedrorum præbuit multitudinem quasi sycomoros quæ nascuntur in campestribus.