He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.
Parallel translations
- WEB also storehouses for the increase of grain, new wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of animals, and flocks in folds.
- KJV Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
- NKJV storehouses for the harvest of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of livestock, and folds for flocks.
- NASB also storehouses for the produce of grain, wine, and oil; stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds for the flocks.
- NLT He also constructed many storehouses for his grain, new wine, and olive oil; and he made many stalls for his cattle and pens for his flocks of sheep and goats.
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He also built storehouses for grain, wine, and oil, and stalls and folds for his abundant livestock. His prosperity touched every area of the kingdom's economy.
Overview
This continues the inventory of Hezekiah's God-given wealth, echoing the agricultural abundance promised to a covenant-keeping nation (cf. Deuteronomy 28:1-12). The detail shows a well-ordered, flourishing realm under a faithful ruler. It illustrates how obedience and divine blessing were intertwined in Israel's history.
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- 1 Kgs 4:26Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
- 2 Chr 26:10Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
- 2 Sam 7:8Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
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