2 Chronicles 9:20 BSB

2 Chronicles 9:20

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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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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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְ֠כֹל	Ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
כְּלֵ֞י	ke.Lei	[the] vessels of	H3627 →
מַשְׁקֵ֨ה	mash.Keh	[the] drink of	H4945 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
שְׁלֹמֹה֙	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
זָהָ֔ב	za.Hav	[were] gold	H2091 →
וְכֹ֗ל	ve.Khol	and all	H3605 →
כְּלֵ֛י	ke.Lei	[the] utensils of	H3627 →
בֵּֽית־	beit-	[the] House of	H1004 →
יַ֥עַר	Ya.'ar	[the] Forest of	H3293 →
הַלְּבָנ֖וֹן	ha.le.va.Non	<the> Lebanon	H3844 →
זָהָ֣ב	za.Hav	[were] gold	H2091 →
סָג֑וּר	sa.Gur	pure gold	H5462 →
אֵ֣ין	'ein	not	H369 →
כֶּ֗סֶף	Ke.sef	silver	H3701 →
נֶחְשָׁ֛ב	nech.Shav	[was] esteemed	H2803 →
בִּימֵ֥י	bi.Mei	in [the] days of	H3117 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
לִמְאֽוּמָה׃	lim.'U.mah	to anything	H3972 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
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?
Through
Jeremiah 31:5
Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
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.
Through
1 Kings 10:21
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…
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.
Through
Esther 1:7
Beverages 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.
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…