2 Chronicles 9:20 - Exposition

The house of the forest of Lebanon , The circumstance of the vessels of this house being mentioned in such close connection with the drinking-vessels of Solomon, is another indication of the close connection of the buildings themselves ( 1 Kings 7:1 , 1 Kings 7:2-5 , 1 Kings 7:6 , etc.); also that these" vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon" were like Solomon s drinking-vessels, infers the use of the apartments of the house for social or, at any rate, state occasions.