2 Chronicles 9:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 2 Chr 1:15-17 : 15 And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number. 16 And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price. 17 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 9:20 : 20 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: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.
  • 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;
  • Ps 78:47 : 47 He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.
  • 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.
  • 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:
  • Luke 19:4 : 4 And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.
  • 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.
  • 1 Chr 27:28 : 28 Baal-hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees in the lowlands; and Joash for the stores of oil;

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  • 1 Kgs 10:26-29
    4 verses
    96%

    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 1:15-16
    2 verses
    94%

    15And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

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

  • 2 Chr 9:9-12
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    12And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

  • 1 Chr 22:4
    75%

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

  • Song 3:9-10
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    75%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    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 9:28
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 9:14
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 5:10
    73%

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

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 9:25-26
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    71%

    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.

    26And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
    71%

    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 Kgs 7:7
    71%

    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 Kgs 5:6
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 2:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    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 10:21
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23
    71%

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

  • 2 Chr 9:16
    71%

    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.

  • 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 27:4
    70%

    4In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

  • Ezek 31:7
    70%

    7So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.

  • Ps 148:9
    70%

    9Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains:

  • Ps 104:16
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 7:11-12
    2 verses
    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.

  • Ps 80:10
    70%

    10The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.

  • 2 Chr 32:27
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 4:33
    70%

    33He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    69%

    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. ...

  • Ezek 27:5
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    5They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.

  • 2 Chr 3:5
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    5And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.

  • 1 Kgs 5:8
    69%

    8Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

  • 2 Chr 8:6
    69%

    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.