"And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon {were of} gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon {…" — 2 Chronicles 9:20

2 Chronicles 9:20 · KJV

“And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon {were of} gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon {were of} pure gold: none {were of} silver; it was {not} any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. {pure: Heb. shut up} {none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them}”

— 2 Chronicles 9:20

Verse 19

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

Verse 21

For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. {ivory: or, elephants' teeth}

2 Chronicles 9 — Context

And {there were} six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, {which were} fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: {stays: Heb. hands}

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon {were of} gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon {were of} pure gold: none {were of} silver; it was {not} any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. {pure: Heb. shut up} {none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them}

And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

Cross References

Isaiah 2:22

Cease ye from man, whose breath {is} in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Esther 1:7

And they gave {them} drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. {royal...: Heb. wine of the kingdom} {state: Heb. hand}

2 Chronicles 9:27

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that {are} in the low plains in abundance. {made silver: Heb. gave silver}

Daniel 5:2-3

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which {was} in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. {father: or, grandfather} {taken: Chaldee, brought forth}

Jeremiah 31:5

Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat {them} as common things. {eat...: Heb. profane them}

1 Kings 10:21

And all king Solomon's drinking vessels {were of} gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon {were of} pure gold; none {were of} silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. {none...: or, there was no silver in them}