Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 10:27
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The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
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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.
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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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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.
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1 Kings 10
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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