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. Cross References Matthew 6:29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. 2 Chronicles 9:19 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom. 2 Chronicles 9:21 For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram's servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. Treasury of Scripture 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. drinking 1 Kings 10:21 Esther 1:7 Daniel 5:2,3 pure [heb] shut up 2 Chronicles 9:27 Isaiah 2:22 Jeremiah 31:5 |