2 Chronicles 9:27

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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.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:26-29
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    26Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the lowlands.

    28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue—the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue at the standard price.

    29A 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.

  • 2 Chr 1:15-16
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    94%

    15The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

    16Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue—the king’s traders bought them from Kue at the market price.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-12
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    9Then she gave the king a hundred twenty talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    10Moreover, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.

    11The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and the king's palace, also harps and lyres for the singers. Nothing like them had ever been seen before in the land of Judah.

    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

  • 1 Chr 22:4
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    4He also supplied cedar logs without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar logs to David.

  • Song 3:9-10
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    9King Solomon made himself a carriage from the woods of Lebanon.

    10He made its posts of silver, its backrest of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was lovingly inlaid by the daughters of Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-13
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    74%

    10And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    11Moreover, Hiram’s ships, which had brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood and precious stones.

    12The king used the almug wood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Such fine almug wood has never been imported or seen since that day.

    13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own land with her attendants.

  • 2 Chr 9:28
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    28Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all other lands.

  • 2 Chr 9:14
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    14not counting what the merchants and traders brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 5:10
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    10Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
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    11King Hiram of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar, juniper wood, and gold, according to all his desire. King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    16Then Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them, and they were found to be 153,600.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
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    20All 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.

  • 2 Chr 9:25-26
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    25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

    26He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
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    19along with all the storage cities Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and for his cavalry, and whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7
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    7He also made the Hall of the Throne, known as the Hall of Judgment, where he would judge. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
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    6Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 2 Chr 2:8-9
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    8Provide a large amount of timber for me, because the house I am building will be great and extraordinary.

    9I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    71%

    21All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    22King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth.

    23All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23
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    23King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth.

  • 2 Chr 9:16
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    16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels of gold in each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

  • Song 8:11
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    11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers; each one was to bring a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit.

  • 2 Chr 27:4
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    4He also built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests, he constructed fortresses and towers.

  • Ezek 31:7
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    7It was majestic in its size, with long branches, because its roots reached abundant waters.

  • Ps 148:9
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    9you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

  • Ps 104:16
    70%

    16The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted.

  • 1 Kgs 7:11-12
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    11Above were precious stones cut to measure, along with cedar wood.

    12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of hewn stone and one row of cedar beams, similar in design to the inner courtyard of the Lord's house and its portico.

  • Ps 80:10
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    10You cleared the ground for it; it took root and filled the land.

  • 2 Chr 32:27
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    27Hezekiah had great wealth and honor. He made treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable possessions.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
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    15This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • Ezek 27:5
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    5They made all your planks from cypress trees from Senir; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

  • 2 Chr 3:5
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    5He paneled the main hall with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and he decorated it with palm trees and chains.

  • 1 Kgs 5:8
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    8They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the proper places, each officer according to his duty.

  • 2 Chr 8:6
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    6Additionally, he built Baalath and all the storage cities Solomon owned, as well as all the cities for his chariots and horses, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.