King Solomon had so much silver that it was as common as rocks in Jerusalem. And he had so much cedar wood that it was as common as sycamore trees in the hill country.
Baal Hanan from Geder was in charge of\par the olive trees and sycamore trees\par in the western hill country.\par Joash was in charge of storing\par the olive oil.\par
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were made of gold. All the household things in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were made of pure gold. \{There was so much wealth\} in Solomon's time that silver was not thought valuable \{enough\}.
“These bricks might fall, but we will build again. And we will build with \{strong\} stone. These small trees might be chopped down. But we will put new trees there. And the new trees will be large, strong trees.”