2 Chronicles 9:27

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 Living Translation (NLT)The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.

Context of 2 Chronicles 9:27

25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. 26So he reigned over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. 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. 28And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands. 29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

2 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 drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
• 2 Chronicles 1:15Also the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
• 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
• Job 22:24Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
• 1 Chronicles 27:28Baal-Hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowlands, and Joash was over the store of oil.
• Psalms 78:47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost.
• Isaiah 9:10“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, But we will replace them with cedars.”
• Amos 7:14Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: “I was no prophet, Nor was I a son of a prophet, But I was a sheepbreeder And a tender of sycamore fruit.
• Luke 19:4So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 9:27

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-31Verses 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 reigning in wealth and power…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 9:27

• Solomon
• Sycamore

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Prophecy
• Solomon
• Lowland
• Shephelah
• Sycomore, Tree

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