9:20a All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold,

All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were made of gold,
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They used gold to make the cups from which King Solomon drank ⌊wine and water⌋.

9:20b and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold.

and all the dishes that they used in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold.
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Also, they used good quality gold to make everything they used in the Palace called Lebanon Forest.

9:20c There was no silver,

There was nothing made of silver ⌊in the king’s house⌋,
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They did not use silver to make dishes ⌊for King Solomon⌋.

9:20d because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

because silver was not considered valuable during Solomon’s reign.
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⌊The reason was that⌋ while Solomon ruled Israel, silver was not precious.

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