2 Chronicles 9 · Verse 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 9:27, King James Version

2 Chronicles 9:27 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 in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as abundant 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 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.
BBEThe 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 in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees he made as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

What does 2 Chronicles 9:27 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 9:13-31

The imports here mentioned, would show that prosperity drew the minds of Solomon and his subjects to the love of things curious and uncommon, though useless in themselves. True wisdom and happiness are always united together; but no such alliance exists between wealth and the enjoyment of the things of this life. Let us then acquaint ourselves with the Saviour, that we may find rest for our souls. Here is Solomon…

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2 Chronicles 9:27 in the original Hebrew

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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> stonesH68
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 2 Chronicles 9:27

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:28

    And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal–hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Luke 19:4

    And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

  • 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:

  • Psalms 78:47

    He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the king.
20; 1:15-17; 1Ki 10:27-29; Job 22:24,25
made. Heb. gave. the sycamore.
1Ch 27:28; Ps 78:47; Isa 9:10; Am 7:14; Lu 19:4

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 9:26

    And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

  • 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 9:28

    And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

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2 Chronicles 9:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y puso el rey plata en Jerusalem como piedras, y cedros como los cabrahigos que nacen por las campiñas 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
Tantamque copiam præbuit argenti in Jerusalem quasi lapidum: et cedrorum tantam multitudinem velut sycomororum quæ gignuntur in campestribus.