1 Kings 10:21
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 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 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.
22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for 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
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Read in context1 Kings 7:2
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
Read in context2 Chronicles 9:20–22
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.
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