19 And twelve lions stood there on the six steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

20 And all King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold: for silver was nothing esteemed in the days of Solomon.

21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, every three years once came the ships of [a]Tarshish, and brought gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Which country of the best writers is thought to be Cilicia, read 1 Kings 10:22.

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