2 CHRONICLES 9:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
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 not considered anything in the days of Solomon — Solomon's utensils (כְּלִים) were universally gold; silver was considered worthless ('silver was not considered anything,' וְהַכֶּסֶף לֹא־נַחְשַׁב לַמְאוּמָה). The hyperbolic claim emphasized that precious metals were so abundant that silver was negligible. Only gold was worthy of royal use.
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