1 Kings 10:21
19 The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
20 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
23 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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- BSB
- All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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, because it was considered of little value in the days of Solomon.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of precious gold: none were of silver, [which] was not of the least account in the days of Solomon.
- BLB
- And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon [were] gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon [were] pure gold. Not [one was] silver—it was not accounted in the days of Solomon as anything.
- ÅB
- Alle kong Salomos drikkekar var av gull, og alle karene i Libanon-skoghuset var av fint gull; der var intet av sølv, det ble ikke regnet for noe i Salomos dager.
- OTB
- Alle kong Salomos drikkekar var av gull, og alle karene i Libanonskogens hus var av rent gull. Ingen var av sølv; det ble ikke ansett som verdifullt i Salomos dager.
- B1930
- Alle kong Salomos drikkekar var av gull, og alle karene i Libanon-skoghuset var av fint gull; der var intet av sølv, det blev ikke regnet for noget i Salomos dager.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 10:17
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
Read in context1 Kings 7:2
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
Read in context2 Chronicles 9:20–22
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
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