2 Chronicles 1:15

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“The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.”

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Read 2 Chronicles 1:15 in the flow of 2 Chronicles1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 2 Chronicles1 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the king maketh the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he made as sycamores that <FI>are<Fi> in the low country, for abundance.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 1:15 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:12therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 9:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
  4. Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
  5. Isaiah 9:10“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
  6. Isaiah 60:17Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
  7. Amos 7:14“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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