2 Chronicles 1:15
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 1:15 in other translations
| BSB | The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. |
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| WEB | The king made silver and gold to be as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars to be as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland. |
| ASV | And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. |
| YLT | And the king maketh the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he made as sycamores that are in the low country, for abundance. |
| DARBY | And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance. |
| BBE | And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number. |
| Webster | And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance. |
What does 2 Chronicles 1:15 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
2 Chronicles 1:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 1:15
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- Isaiah 60:17
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
- 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 Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 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.
- 2 Chronicles 1:12
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 1:14
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 1:15
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 1:16
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
2 Chronicles 1:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y puso el rey plata y oro en Jerusalem como piedras, y cedro como cabrahigos que nacen en los campos en abundancia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le roi fit que l’argent et l’or, dans Jérusalem, étaient 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 und das Gold in Jerusalem den Steinen gleich, und die Cedern machte er den Sykomoren gleich, die in der Niederung sind, an Menge. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Præbuitque rex argentum et aurum in Jerusalem quasi lapides, et cedros quasi sycomoros quæ nascuntur in campestribus multitudine magna. |