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2 Chronicles 9:27

2 Chronicles 9:27
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.

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Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 9:13-31

We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne would not secure him from the grave. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat - Death wrenches from the hand the sceptre as well as…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

cedar trees Rather, cedar wood.

sycomore i.e. the fig-mulberry, not now a common tree in Palestine; cp. 1Ch 27:28, note.

the low plains R.V. the lowland (Heb. "Shephelah"). See G. A. Smith, Hist.…