27
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
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Verse 27. Sycamores, (Hebrew shikmim) which were formerly very common in Palestine, as they are still about Cairo, in Egypt. The fruit resembles figs, as the leaves do the mulberry tree; whence the name is a compound of συκον, “a fig,” and μορια, “a mulberry;” though some would prefer μωρος, “a fool,” to denote that the fruit is “insipid.” It is however sweeter than wild figs, and proceeds from the trunk of the tree. Calmet.
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