1 Kings 10:27

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 10:27 in other translations

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.

1 Kings 10:27 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 10:27 in context

  1. 25Year after year, every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules.
  2. 26Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he kept in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
  3. 27The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
  4. 28The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
  5. 29A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty shekels; and so they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites, and to the kings of Syria.