Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

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Bible References

Drinking

2 Chronicles 9:20
All King Solomon's cups were gold. All the utensils for the hall named the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's time.

The house

1 Kings 10:17
He made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold. Three pounds of gold was in every cover. The king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.
1 Kings 7:2
The Hall of the Forest of Lebanon was one hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.

General references

1 Kings 9:14
Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talent of gold.