2 Chronicles 9:27 BSB

2 Chronicles 9:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he made	H5414 →
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכֶּ֛סֶף	ha.Ke.sef	<the> silver	H3701 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
כָּאֲבָנִ֑ים	ka.'a.va.Nim	like <the> stones	H68 →
וְאֵ֣ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָאֲרָזִ֗ים	ha.'a.ra.Zim	<the> cedars	H730 →
נָתַ֛ן	na.Tan	he made	H5414 →
כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים	ka.shik.Mim	like the sycamores	H8256 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה	ba.she.fe.Lah	[are] in the Shephelah	H8219 →
לָרֹֽב׃	la.Ro	for abundance	H7230 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 7:14
“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
leads to
- Amos 1:1
  These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…
- Zechariah 13:5
  He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
- 2 Kings 4:38
  When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and…
- 1 Corinthians 1:27
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- 2 Kings 2:5
  Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do…
Through
1 Chronicles 27:28
Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.
leads to
- 1 Kings 10:27
  The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- 2 Chronicles 1:15
  The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
Through
2 Chronicles 9:20
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the…
leads to
- Esther 1:7
  Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.