God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 9:27
27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.
2 Chronicles 9:27 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
Context of 2 Chronicles 9:27
25Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 war horses. He stationed ⌞some⌟ in chariot cities and ⌞others⌟ with himself in Jerusalem. 26He ruled all the kings from the Euphrates River to the country of the Philistines and as far as the Egyptian border. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills. 28Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all other countries. 29Aren’t the rest of Solomon’s acts from first to last written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and in Iddo the seer’s visions about Jeroboam (son of Nebat)?
Read all of 2 Chronicles 92 Chronicles 9:27 word by word
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ אֶת־הַכֶּ֛סֶף בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם כָּאֲבָנִ֑ים וְאֵ֣ת הָאֲרָזִ֗ים נָתַ֛ן כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
- silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- as stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
- and cedar treesאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
- he as the sycomore treesשִׁקְמָהshâqâm shiqmâh · sycamoreH8256
- in the low plainsשְׁפֵלָהshephêlâh · ShephelahH8219
- in abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 9:27
- 2 Chronicles 9:20All King Solomon’s cups were gold, and all the utensils for the hall ⌞named⌟ the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold. (Silver wasn’t considered valuable in Solomon’s time.)
- 2 Chronicles 1:15The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.
- 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.
- Job 22:24and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers,
- 1 Chronicles 27:28for the olive and fig trees in the foothills Baal Hanan from Gedor for storing olive oil Joash
- Psalms 78:47He killed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost.
- Isaiah 9:10“Bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with hand-cut stones. Fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”
- Amos 7:14Amos responded, “I’m not a prophet, and I’m not a disciple of the prophets. I am a rancher and a grower of figs.
- Luke 19:4So Zacchaeus ran ahead and climbed a fig tree to see Jesus, who was coming that way.
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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