2 Chronicles 1:15The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
The setting
Jerusalem, Israel, ~960 BC. The marketplace buzzes as silver coins spill from merchants' hands like pebbles, and Lebanese cedar beams are stacked like common firewood in every construction site...
The emotion here: amazed at documenting unprecedented prosperity
The original word
rob (רֹב) — abundance, multitude, the overwhelming quantity that loses meaning
Why it matters
Cedar was so precious it was typically reserved for temples; Solomon made it common as local sycamore
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 1:15
Making precious things common was a sign of excess, not just blessing
Common misconceptionPeople read this as pure blessing, but Ecclesiastes reveals Solomon learned that making precious things common leads to emptiness.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 2 Chronicles 1:15
Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 1:15 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 1:15 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is celebratory. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include abundant prosperity, divine blessing fulfilled, economic transformation. Notable phrases: silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones; cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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