2 Chronicles 1:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

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  • 2 Chr 9:27 : 27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
  • Job 22:24-25 : 24 And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys; 25 Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;
  • Isa 9:10 : 10 The bricks have come down, but we will put up buildings of cut stone in their place: the sycamores are cut down, but they will be changed to cedars.
  • Isa 60:17 : 17 In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.
  • Amos 7:14 : 14 Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:
  • 1 Kgs 10:27-29 : 27 And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number. 28 And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue. 29 A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
  • 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:25-29
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    94%

    25And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year.

    26And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

    27And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

    28And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

    29A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • 2 Chr 9:27-28
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    27The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

    28They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

  • 2 Chr 1:16-17
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    77%

    16And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

    17A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • Song 3:9-10
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    76%

    9King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

    10He made its pillars of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it of ebony.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-11
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    9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

    10And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.

    11And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 22:4
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    4And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-13
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    10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

    11And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

    12And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

    13And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

  • 2 Chr 9:14-16
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    75%

    14And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

    15And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

    16And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

  • 2 Chr 1:14
    74%

    14And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    73%

    16And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21-23
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    21And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

    22For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    23And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    73%

    20All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
    73%

    15In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
    72%

    11(Hiram, king of Tyre, had given Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees and gold, as much as he had need of,) King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

  • 1 Kgs 10:17
    71%

    17And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 5:10
    71%

    10So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

  • 2 Chr 3:5
    71%

    5And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.

  • 2 Chr 32:27
    71%

    27And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

  • 2 Chr 9:24-25
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    24And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.

    25Solomon had four thousand buildings for his horses and his war-carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king in Jerusalem.

  • Song 8:11
    71%

    11Solomon had a vine-garden at Baal-hamon; he let out the vine-garden to keepers; every one had to give a thousand bits of silver for its fruit.

  • 2 Chr 8:6
    71%

    6And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.

  • 2 Chr 2:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

    9To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    70%

    15Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
    70%

    6So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
    70%

    19And all the store-towns and the towns which Solomon had for his war-carriages and for his horsemen, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.

  • 1 Chr 29:2
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    2Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.

  • 1 Kgs 7:11-12
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    70%

    11Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood.

    12The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.

  • 2 Chr 9:22
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    22And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7
    70%

    7Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof.

  • 1 Chr 22:14
    70%

    14Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

  • Ps 104:16
    70%

    16The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting;