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1 Kings 10:27
1 Kings 10:27 is verse 27 of 1 Kings chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
Hebrew Shephelah or lowlands; that is, the western foothills of Judea
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
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1 Kings 10:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible
25 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
26 Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
29 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Chronicles 1:15The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
2 Chronicles 1:16Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
2 Chronicles 1:17A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
2 Chronicles 9:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
Job 22:25then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.