2 Chronicles 1:15

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the king made the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as common as stones, and the cedars he made as abundant as the sycamores that are in the Shephelah.

Latin

Præbuitque rex argentum et aurum in Jerusalem quasi lapides, et cedros quasi sycomoros quæ nascuntur in campestribus multitudine magna.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

2 Chronicles 1:14–17

The description of Solomon’s wealth and power (detailed in 2 Chronicles 9:25–28) is based on the summary of his kingdom in 1 Kings 10:26–29. In Kings, this summary of Solomon’s wealth led to the negative aspects of his rule (1 Kings 11). Here, Solomon’s gathering of wealth demonstrated the fulfillment of God’s promise (2 Chronicles 1:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon Solomon’s Wisdom

Related verses

2 Chronicles 9:27
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
Isaiah 60:17
Instead 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.
2 Chronicles 1:12
…therefore 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.”
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.
Job 22:24–25
…and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
1 Kings 10:27–29
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
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.”

Parallels

1 Kings 10:26–29

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions Shephelah: Lowland region between Judean hills and coastal plain

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Sycamore

Topics

Cedar: David's Ample Provision of, in Jerusalem, for the Temple Gold: Abundance of, in Solomon's Reign Silver: Abundance of Solomon: Wealth of Sycamore: Abundant in the Land of Canaan

2 Chronicles 1:15

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