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2 Chronicles 26:10

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

BSB

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ASV

And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

KJV

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּ֨בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
מִגְדָּלִ֜יםmig.da.LimtowersH4026
בַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057
וַיַּחְצֹב֙vai.yach.Tzoand he dugH2672
בֹּר֣וֹתbo.RotwellsH953
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
מִקְנֶה־mik.neh-livestockH4735
רַּב֙ravmuchH7227
הָ֣יָהHa.yahit belongedH1961
ל֔וֹloto <the> him
וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הu.va.she.fe.Lahand in the ShephelahH8219
וּבַמִּישׁ֑וֹרu.va.mi.Shorand in the plainH4334
אִכָּרִ֣ים'i.ka.RimfarmersH406
וְכֹֽרְמִ֗יםve.kho.re.Mimand vinedressersH3755
בֶּהָרִים֙be.ha.Rimin the mountainsH2022
וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔לu.va.kar.Meland in the orchardsH3759
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588
אֹהֵ֥ב'o.HevlovingH157
אֲדָמָ֖ה'a.da.Mah[the] groundH127
הָיָֽה׃ סha.Yahhe wasH1961

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain