27 (A)And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

15 And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. 16 And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders would buy them from Kue for a price. 17 They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels[a] of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 1:17 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

15 The king made silver and gold(A) as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[a]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 17 They imported a chariot(B) from Egypt for six hundred shekels[b] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[c] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 1:16 Probably Cilicia
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:17 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
  3. 2 Chronicles 1:17 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into (A)a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.

Read full chapter

So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig(A) tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.(B)

Read full chapter

14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, (A)“I was[a] no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but (B)I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:14 Or am; twice in this verse

14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet(A) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.(B)

Read full chapter

10 “The bricks have fallen,
    but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
    but we will put cedars in their place.”

Read full chapter

10 “The bricks have fallen down,
    but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(A)
the fig(B) trees have been felled,
    but we will replace them with cedars.(C)

Read full chapter

47 He destroyed their vines with (A)hail
    and their sycamores with frost.

Read full chapter

47 He destroyed their vines with hail(A)
    and their sycamore-figs with sleet.

Read full chapter

24 if you lay gold in (A)the dust,
    and gold of (B)Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
25 then the Almighty will be your gold
    and your precious silver.

Read full chapter

24 and assign your nuggets(A) to the dust,
    your gold(B) of Ophir(C) to the rocks in the ravines,(D)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,(E)
    the choicest silver for you.(F)

Read full chapter

20 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.

Read full chapter

20 All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day.

Read full chapter

28 Over the olive and (A)sycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.

Read full chapter

28 Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore-fig(A) trees in the western foothills.

Joash was in charge of the supplies of olive oil.

Read full chapter

27 And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as (A)the sycamore of the Shephelah. 28 And Solomon's (B)import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders received them from Kue at a price. 29 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king's traders they were exported to all the kings of (C)the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

Read full chapter

27 The king made silver as common(A) in Jerusalem as stones,(B) and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig(C) trees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[a]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 29 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[b] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites(D) and of the Arameans.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:28 Probably Cilicia
  2. 1 Kings 10:29 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms