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2 Chronicles 9:20-22 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 9 · verses 20–22
20And 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. 21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.2 Chronicles 9:20-22 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 9:20-22 in context
18And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20And 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.
21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- drinkingmashqehproperly, causing to drinkH4945 →
- TarshishTarshîyshTarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vesselH8659 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- vesselskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- LebanonLᵉbânôwnLebanon, a mountain range in PalestineH3844 →
- forestyaʻara copse of bushesH3293 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
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We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne would not secure him from the grave. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat - Death wrenches from the hand the sceptre as well as the spade. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-31