2 Chronicles 9:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:21 : 21 And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.
  • 2 Chr 9:27 : 27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
  • Esth 1:7 : 7 And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
  • Jer 31:5 : 5 Again will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and using the fruit.
  • Dan 5:2-3 : 2 Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem; so that the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, might take their drink from them. 3 Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from them.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:20-23
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    20 And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

    21 And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

    22 For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 9:12-17
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    12 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

    13 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

    14 And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

    15 And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

    16 And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

    17 Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

  • 2 Chr 9:19
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    19 And twelve lions were placed on one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 7:47-48
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    47 The weight of all these vessels was not measured, because there was such a number of them; it was not possible to get the weight of the brass.

    48 And Solomon had all the vessels made for use in the house of the Lord: the altar of gold and the gold table on which the holy bread was placed;

  • 2 Chr 9:21-23
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    21 For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    22 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23 And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • 2 Kgs 25:15-16
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    15 And the fire-trays and the basins; the gold of the gold vessels and the silver of the silver vessels, were all taken away by the captain of the armed men.

    16 The two pillars, the great water-vessel and the wheeled bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • Jer 52:19-20
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    19 And the cups and the fire-trays and the basins and the pots and the supports for the lights and the spoons and the wide basins; the gold of the gold vessels, and the silver of the silver vessels, the captain of the armed men took away.

    20 The two pillars, the great water-vessel, and the twelve brass oxen which were under it, and the ten wheeled bases, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • 2 Chr 4:18-20
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    18 So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.

    19 And Solomon made all the vessels used in the house of God, the gold altar and the tables on which the holy bread was placed,

    20 And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;

  • 1 Kgs 7:50-51
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    50 And the cups and the scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, all of gold; and the pins on which the doors were turned, the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, all of gold.

    51 So all the work King Solomon had done in the house of the Lord was complete. Then Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of the Lord.

  • Esth 1:7
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    7 And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.

  • Exod 37:16
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    16 And all the table-vessels, the plates and spoons and basins and the cups for liquids, he made of the best gold.

  • 1 Kgs 10:16-18
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    16 And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

    17 And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

    18 Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

  • 2 Kgs 12:13
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    13 But the money was not used for making silver cups or scissors or basins or wind-instruments or any vessels of gold or silver for the house of the Lord;

  • 1 Chr 28:17
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    17 Clear gold for the meat-hooks and the basins and the cups; for the gold basins, gold enough by weight for every basin; and silver by weight for every silver basin;

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

    10 And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.

  • 1 Kgs 7:45
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    45 And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

  • Ezra 8:26-27
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    26 Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

    27 And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.

  • Exod 37:24
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    24 A talent of the best gold was used for the making of it and its vessels.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
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    15 And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
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    1 So all the work which Solomon did for the house of the Lord was complete. And Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of God.

  • Exod 25:39
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    39 A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels.

  • 1 Kgs 9:28
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    28 And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
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    27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

  • Song 3:9
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    9 King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

  • 1 Chr 28:14
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    14 Of gold, by weight, for the vessels of gold, for all the vessels of different uses; and silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for vessels of different uses;

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
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    27 And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
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    10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
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    22 The scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, of the best gold; and the inner doors of the house, opening into the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, were all of gold.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
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    14 And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.