2 Chronicles 9:20

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All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 10:21 : 21 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.
  • 2 Chr 9:27 : 27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
  • Esth 1:7 : 7 Drinks were served in golden containers, all of which differed from one another. Royal wine was available in abundance at the king’s expense.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
  • Jer 31:5 : 5 Once again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. Those who plant them will once again enjoy their fruit.
  • Dan 5:2-3 : 2 While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels– the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem– so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them. 3 So they brought the gold and silver vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:20-23
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    20There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

    21All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

    22Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    23King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

  • 2 Chr 9:12-17
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    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.

    13Solomon’s Wealth Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,

    14besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.

    16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

    17The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 2 Chr 9:19
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    19There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 7:47-48
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    47Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.

    48Solomon also made all these items for the LORD’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,

  • 2 Chr 9:21-23
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    21The king had a fleet of large merchant ships manned by Huram’s men that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    22King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

    23All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

  • 2 Kgs 25:15-16
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    15The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers and basins.

    16The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple– including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands– was too heavy to be weighed.

  • Jer 52:19-20
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    19The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels.

    20The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple(including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.

  • 2 Chr 4:18-20
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    18Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze.

    19Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept,

    20the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

  • 1 Kgs 7:50-51
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    50the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary(the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

    51When King Solomon finished constructing the LORD’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David(the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple.

  • Esth 1:7
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    7Drinks were served in golden containers, all of which differed from one another. Royal wine was available in abundance at the king’s expense.

  • Exod 37:16
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    16He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

  • 1 Kgs 10:16-18
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    16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield.

    17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

    18The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 2 Kgs 12:13
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    13The silver brought to the LORD’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements.

  • 1 Chr 28:17
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    17for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl,

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    9She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

    10(Huram’s servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as fine timber and precious gems.

  • 1 Kgs 7:45
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    45and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.

  • Ezra 8:26-27
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    26I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

    2720 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

  • Exod 37:24
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    24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
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    15The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
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    1When Solomon had finished constructing the LORD’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David(the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.

  • Exod 25:39
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    39About seventy-five pounds of pure gold is to be used for it and for all these utensils.

  • 1 Kgs 9:28
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    28They sailed to Ophir, took from there 420 talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
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    27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • Song 3:9
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    9King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.

  • 1 Chr 28:14
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    14He gave him the prescribed weight for all the gold items to be used in various types of service in the LORD’s temple, for all the silver items to be used in various types of service,

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
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    27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
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    10She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
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    22the pure gold trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary(the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
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    14Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.