2 Chronicles 1:15

15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones. He made cedar wood as common there as sycamore-fig trees in the western hills.

2 Chronicles 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 1:15

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 1:13)

2 Chronicles 1:15 In-Context

13 Then Solomon left the high place at Gibeon. He went from the Tent of Meeting there to Jerusalem. And he ruled over Israel.

14 Solomon had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept some of them in the chariot cities. He kept others with him in Jerusalem.

15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones. He made cedar wood as common there as sycamore-fig trees in the western hills.

16 Solomon got horses from Egypt and Kue. The king's buyers purchased them from Kue.

17 They could get a chariot from Egypt for 15 pounds of silver. They could get a horse for less than four pounds of silver. They sold horses and chariots to all of the Hittite and Aramean kings.