2 Chronicles 9:27

What does 2 Chronicles 9:27 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 9:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that <FI>are<Fi> in the low country, for abundance,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars as common as the sycamores, which grow in the plains.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.

Context

v.26And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

v.27This passage

v.28And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 22:24

    And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, Andthe gold ofOphir among the stones of the brooks;

  • 2 Chronicles 9:20

    And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:28

    and over the olive-trees and the sycomore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

  • 2 Chronicles 1:15

    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.

  • Amos 7:14

    Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:

  • Psalms 78:47

    He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.

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