²¹ All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold.^(A) Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s days.

²⁷ The king made silver as common^(A) in Jerusalem as stones,^(B) and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig^(C) trees in the foothills.