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2 Chronicles 9:19-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Chronicles 9:19-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
19 and twelve lions standing on the steps, one on each end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any kingdom.
20 All of King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold. All the utensils in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold.[a] Silver was not thought to be worth anything in the days of Solomon, 21 because the king’s ships would go to Tarshish[b] with the servants of Huram, and once every three years the Tarshish ships would return, bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.[c]
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- 2 Chronicles 9:20 Literally closed gold. Perhaps this means gold plate, but most translators think it means pure gold.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or the king had ships that could go to Tarshish. In other passages Tarshish is located on the Mediterranean Sea, but everything in this passage points to trade on the Red Sea. In that case, this phrase refers to the type of ship, not to the destination. Or there may be an otherwise unknown Tarshish on the Red Sea.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or apes or baboons
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