1 Kings 10:27

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

“The king made silver 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 to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 lowland, for abundance.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the 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 1 Kings 10:27 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 17:17He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:15The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
  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 3:15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
  5. Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

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