Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the Judean foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.
2 Chronicles 9:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible In Jerusalem, the king made silver as common as stones and cedar as common as sycamore trees that grow in the foothills. Catholic Public Domain Version And he brought forth so much silver that it was as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones. And cedar trees were as great in number as the sycamores that spring up in the plains. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars as common as the sycamores, which grow in the plains. |
Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the Judean foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.
All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, since it was considered as nothing in Solomon’s time,
‘The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.’
So Amos answered Amaziah, ‘I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; , rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.
So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since he was about to pass that way.