²¹ All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon^(A) were pure gold.^(B) There was no silver, since it was considered as nothing in Solomon’s time,

¹⁶ He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 7½ pounds^[a] of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.^(A)