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.

¹⁶ He also made three hundred small shields^(A) of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels^[a] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.^(B)