Study it in the app“The king made the silver and the gold in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedars he made like the sycamores that are in the Shephelah, in abundance.”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְmadeוַיִּתֵּןthe silverהַכֶּסֶףand the goldוְ הַזָּהָבin Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַםlike stones,כָּאֲבָנִיםand the cedarsוְ הָאֲרָזִיםhe madeנָתַןlike the sycamoresכַּשִּׁקְמִיםthat areאֲשֶׁרin the Shephelah,בַּשְּׁפֵלָהin abundance.לָרֹב
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “yiten” appearssilver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appearsgold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appearscedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “arazim” appearssycamore
Sycamore: a tree of the fig family, common in the lowlands of Israel, with cheap wood and poor fruit.
Where else “shikmim” appearslowland, Shephelah
Shephelah, the lowland: the zone of low hills between the hill country of Judah and the coast.
Where else “shefela” appearsabundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Solomon's chariots and wealth
1 Kings 10:26-292 Chronicles 9:25-28
2 Chronicles 1:14-17
14Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem. 15The king made the silver and the gold in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedars he made like the sycamores that are in the Shephelah, in abundance. 16The source of the horses that Solomon had was from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants would take them from Kue at a price. 17They would go up and bring out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram, by their hand they would bring them out.
26And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities for chariots and with the king in Jerusalem. 27And the king made silver in Jerusalem like stones, and cedars he made like the sycamores that are in the Shephelah, in abundance. 28And the source of the horses that belonged to Solomon was from Egypt and from Kue; the merchants of the king would take them from Kue at a price. 29And a chariot would come up and go out from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Aram, by their hand they would bring them out.
25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem. 26He ruled over all the kings from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. 27The king made the silver in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedars he made like the sycamores that are in the Shephelah, in abundance. 28They were bringing out horses from Egypt for Solomon and from all the lands.
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
14Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem.
15 · This verse (above)
16The source of the horses that Solomon had was from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants would take them from Kue at a price.
