1 Kings 10:21
in 1 Kings 10All 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The ascent to it was by six steps, on each of which stood lions, in place of a railing--while a lion, probably of gilt metal, stood at each side, which, we may suppose from the analogy of other Oriental thrones, supported a canopy. A golden footstool is mentioned (2Ch 9:18) as attached to this throne, whose magnificence is described as unrivalled.
This site's exposition
it was nothing accounted of
on 1 Kings 10:21-22
Silver disappears from daily use because gold has made it common; the narrator states plainly that silver was nothing accounted of in Solomon's days, the same verdict repeated almost word for word at verse 27 over the whole city. The navy of Tharshish, sailing with Hiram's fleet once every three years, brings gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks, a cargo list reaching past the Mediterranean trade routes toward India or east Africa by the commentators' reckoning. The Hebrew words for apes and peacocks are themselves loanwords, taken by the older commentators as evidence of the voyage's distant origin.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He made it circulate among his subjects, so that the kingdom was as rich as the king; for he had no separate interests of his own to consult, but sought the welfare of his people. Those princes are not governed by Solomon's maxims who think it policy to keep their subjects poor. Solomon was herein a type of Christ, who is not only rich himself, but enriches all that are his.
Such hyperbolical expressions are frequent both in scripture and other authors. But if gold in abundance, would make silver seem so despicable, shall not wisdom and grace, and the foretastes of heaven, make gold seem much more so?
And all King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold,....
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְ֠כֹל | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵ֞י | kelei | [the] vessels of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| מַשְׁקֵ֨ה | mashkeh | [the] drink of | H4945 → | |
| הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹה֙ | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| זָהָ֔ב | zahav | [were] gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְכֹ֗ל | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵ֛י | kelei | [the] utensils of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [the] House of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יַ֥עַר | yaar | [the] Forest of | H3293 → | 59 times |
| הַלְּבָנ֖וֹן | halevanon | <the> Lebanon | H3844 → | 71 times |
| זָהָ֣ב | zahav | [were] gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| סָג֑וּר | sagur | pure gold | H5462 → | 91 times |
| אֵ֣ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כֶּ֗סֶף | kesef | [was] silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נֶחְשָׁ֛ב | nechshav | [it was] reckoned | H2803 → | |
| בִּימֵ֥י | bimei | in [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| לִמְאֽוּמָה׃ | limumah | to anything | H3972 → |
וְ֠כֹלand all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵ֞י[the] vessels of
keleiH3627 →325 times
מַשְׁקֵ֨ה[the] drink of
mashkehH4945 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹה֙Solomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
זָהָ֔ב[were] gold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וְכֹ֗לand all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵ֛י[the] utensils of
keleiH3627 →325 times
בֵּֽית־[the] House of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יַ֥עַר[the] Forest of
yaarH3293 →59 times
הַלְּבָנ֖וֹן<the> Lebanon
halevanonH3844 →71 times
זָהָ֣ב[were] gold
zahavH2091 →389 times
סָג֑וּרpure gold
sagurH5462 →91 times
אֵ֣יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
כֶּ֗סֶף[was] silver
kesefH3701 →403 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
נֶחְשָׁ֛ב[it was] reckoned
nechshavH2803 →
בִּימֵ֥יin [the] days of
bimeiH3117 →2304 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
לִמְאֽוּמָה׃to anything
limumahH3972 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 7:2He 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.
it leads to
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 9:16
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
- 1 Kings 9:19
as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- Song of Solomon 7:4
Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
- 1 Kings 10:17
Through
1 Kings 10:17He 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.
it leads to
- 1 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.
- 1 Kings 14:26
He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
- 1 Kings 7:2
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.