Verse 27

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

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  • 2 Chr 1:15-17 : 15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills. 16 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue—the king’s traders bought them from Kue at the market price. 17 A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
  • 2 Chr 9:20 : 20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon’s days.
  • Job 22:24-25 : 24 and assign your gold to the dust, and the gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, 25 then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.
  • Ps 78:47 : 47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with frost.
  • Isa 9:10 : 10 But the LORD has strengthened Rezin’s adversaries against them and has stirred up their enemies.
  • Amos 7:14 : 14 Amos answered Amaziah, 'I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore figs.'
  • Luke 19:4 : 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore-fig tree to see him, because Jesus was about to pass that way.
  • 1 Kgs 10:27-29 : 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the lowlands. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue—the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue at the standard price. 29 A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. These were also exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram through their agents.
  • 1 Chr 27:28 : 28 Over the olive and sycamore trees in the lowlands was Baal-Hanan the Gederite; over the storehouses of oil was Joash.