2 Chronicles 9:27

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
king	הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	וַיִּתֵּ֨ן vai.yi.Ten	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
silver	הַכֶּ֛סֶף ha.Ke.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם bi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name
stones	כָּאֲבָנִ֑ים ka.'a.va.Nim	H68	a stone · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
trees	הָאֲרָזִ֗ים ha.'a.ra.Zim	H730	a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
made	נָתַ֛ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
trees	כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים ka.shik.Mim	H8256	a sycamore (usually the tree) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
plains	בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה ba.she.fe.Lah	H8219	Lowland · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
abundance	לָרֹֽב la.Ro	H7230	abundance (in any respect) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 1:15-17 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 fo…
1 Kings 10:27-29 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
1 Chronicles 27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joa…
2 Chronicles 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none…
Job 22:24-25 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Psalms 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Isaiah 9:10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
Amos 7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore f…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:13–end

We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne would not secure him from the grave. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat - Death wrenches from the hand the sceptre as well as the spade. I. Here is Solomon reigning in wealth and power, in ease and fulness, such as, for aught I know, could never since be paralleled by any king whatsoever. In cannot pretend to be critical in comparing the grandeur of Solomon with that of some of the great princes of the earth. But I may observe that the most illustrious of them were famed for their wars, whereas Solomon reigned forty years in profound peace. Some of those that might be thought to vie with Solomon affected retirement, kept…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 9:25

Solomon had four thousand stalls--It has been conjectured [GESENIUS, Hebrew Lexicon] that the original term may signify not only stall or stable, but a number of horses occupying the same number of stalls. Supposing that ten were put together in one part, this would make forty thousand. According to this theory of explanation, the historian in Kings refers to horses [see Kg1 10:26]; while the historian in Chronicles speaks of the stalls in which they were kept. But more recent critics reject this mode of solving the difficulty, and, regarding the four thousand stalls as in keeping with the general magnificence of Solomon's establishments, are agreed in considering the text in Kings as corrup…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 9:25

Four thousand stalls for horses - See the note on Kg1 4:26, where the different numbers in these two books are considered. The Targum, instead of four thousand, has ארבע מאה arba meah, four hundred.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 9:1

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Dictionary and topics

Silver · Very abundant in the reign of Solomon — Very abundant in the reign of Solomon
Sycamore · Abundant in the land of — Abundant in the land of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 9:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 9:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 9:25

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 9:1

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 9:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 9:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 9:25

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 9:1

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 9:25-28

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 9:21

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 9:25