2 Chronicles 9:20
in 2 Chronicles 9All 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: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 9
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
drinking cups were gold
on 2 Chronicles 9:20-21
Gold replaces silver so completely in daily use that silver “was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon”. The ships of Tarshish arrive once every three years “bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks”. The Hebrew words behind apes and peacocks are foreign loanwords.
The words behind it
19 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 → | |
| הַלְּבָנ֖וֹן | halevanon | <the> Lebanon | H3844 → | 71 times |
| זָהָ֣ב | zahav | [were] gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| סָג֑וּר | sagur | pure gold | H5462 → | 91 times |
| אֵ֣ין | ʾein | not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כֶּ֗סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| נֶחְשָׁ֛ב | nechshav | [was] esteemed | H2803 → | 124 times |
| 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 →
הַלְּבָנ֖וֹן<the> Lebanon
halevanonH3844 →71 times
זָהָ֣ב[were] gold
zahavH2091 →389 times
סָג֑וּרpure gold
sagurH5462 →91 times
אֵ֣יןnot
ʾeinH369 →789 times
כֶּ֗סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
נֶחְשָׁ֛ב[was] esteemed
nechshavH2803 →124 times
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
8 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
Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Psalms 144:3–4
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
- Psalms 8:4
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- Jeremiah 17:5
Through
Jeremiah 31:5Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
it leads to
- Amos 9:14
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Amos 9:14
Through
1 Kings 10:21All 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…
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.
- 1 Kings 10:17
Through
Esther 1:7Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.
it leads to
- Daniel 5:2–4
Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink…
- Daniel 5:2–4
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.
