2 Chronicles 1:15

1:15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful ¹  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ²  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. ³ 

2 Chronicles 9:27

9:27 The king made silver as plentiful ⁴  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ⁵  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands ⁶ .

2 Chronicles 18:1

Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab

18:1 Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab,

2 Chronicles 32:27-29

32:27 Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions. ⁷  32:28 He made storerooms for the harvest of grain, wine, and olive oil, and stalls for all his various kinds of livestock and his flocks. ⁸  32:29 He built royal cities ⁹  and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.

Genesis 13:2

13:2 (Now Abram was very wealthy ¹⁰  in livestock, silver, and gold.) ¹¹ 

Genesis 26:13-14

26:13 The man became wealthy. ¹²  His influence continued to grow ¹³  until he became very prominent. 26:14 He had ¹⁴  so many sheep ¹⁵  and cattle ¹⁶  and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous ¹⁷  of him.

Deuteronomy 8:13-14

8:13 when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, 8:14 be sure ¹⁸  you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

Deuteronomy 8:1

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ¹⁹  I am giving ²⁰  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ²¹  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ²² 

Deuteronomy 10:1

The Opportunity to Begin Again

10:1 At that same time the Lord said to me, “Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark. ²³ 

Job 42:12

42:12 So the Lord blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Matthew 6:33

6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom ²⁴  and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

¹ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “he made.”

³ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

⁴ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “he made cedar.”

⁶ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

⁷ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and shields and all the desirable items.” The present translation assumes an emendation of מָגִנִּים (maginnim, “shields”) to מִגְדָּנִים (migdanim, “precious items”). See v. 23.

⁸ tn Heb “and stalls for all beasts and beasts, and flocks for the stalls.” The repetition of בְהֵמָה (bÿhemah, “beast”) here indicates various kinds of livestock.

⁹ tn Heb “and cities he made for himself.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “heavy.”

¹¹ tn This parenthetical clause, introduced by the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”), provides information necessary to the point of the story.

¹² tn Heb “great.” In this context the statement refers primarily to Isaac’s material wealth, although reputation and influence are included.

¹³ tn Heb “and he went, going and becoming great.” The construction stresses that his growth in possessions and power continued steadily.

¹⁴ tn Heb “and there was to him.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “possessions of sheep.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “possessions of cattle.”

¹⁷ tn The Hebrew verb translated “became jealous” refers here to intense jealousy or envy that leads to hostile action (see v. 15).

¹⁸ tn The words “be sure” are not in the Hebrew text; vv. 12-14 are part of the previous sentence. For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation and the words “be sure” repeated from v. 11 to indicate the connection.

¹⁹ tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

²⁰ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

²¹ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

²² tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

²³ tn Or “chest” (so NIV, CEV); NLT “sacred chest”; TEV “wooden box.” This chest was made of acacia wood; it is later known as the ark of the covenant.

²⁴ tc ‡ Most mss (L W Θ 0233 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy mae) read τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ (thn basileian tou qeou kai thn dikaiosunhn aujtou, “the kingdom of God and his righteousness”) here, but the words “of God” are lacking in א B pc sa bo Eus. On the one hand, there is the possibility of accidental omission on the part of these Alexandrian witnesses, but it seems unlikely that the scribe’s eye would skip over both words (especially since τοῦ θεοῦ is bracketed by first declension nouns). Intrinsically, the author generally has a genitive modifier with βασιλεία – especially θεοῦ or οὐρανῶν (ouranwn) – but this argument cuts both ways: Although he might be expected to use such an adjunct here, scribes might also be familiar with his practice and would thus naturally insert it if it were missing in their copy of Matthew. Although a decision is difficult, the omission of τοῦ θεοῦ is considered most likely to be original. NA²⁷ includes the words in brackets, indicating doubt as to their authenticity.