2 Chronicles 1:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees as sycamores, which grow in the plains in great multitude.
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־הַכֶּ֧סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֛ב בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם כָּאֲבָנִ֑ים וְאֵ֣ת הָאֲרָזִ֗ים נָתַ֛ן כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Chr 9:27And he made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars as common as the sycamores, which grow in the plains.
- Amos 7:14And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.
- Job 22:24He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.
- Job 22:25And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.
- Isa 9:10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with square stones: they have cut down the sycamores, but we will change them for cedars.
- Isa 60:17For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver: and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make thy visitation peace, and thy overseers justice.
- 2 Chr 1:12Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee.