1 Kings 10:14-28
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14aNow the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, 15besides that from the traders and the 1wares of the merchants and all the kings of the aArabs and the governors of the country. 16aAnd King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, 1using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. 17And he made a300 shields of beaten gold, 1using 2three minas of gold on each shield, and bthe king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18Moreover, the king made a great throne of aivory and overlaid it with refined gold. 19There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and 1arms 2on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the 3arms. 20Twelve lions were also standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for all the other kingdoms. 21Now all King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered 1valuable in the days of Solomon. 22For athe king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came carrying gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.
23aSo King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 24And all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, ato hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. 25aAnd they brought every man his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, a set amount year by year.
26aAnd Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and 1stationed them in the bchariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27aThe king also made silver as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the 1Shephelah. 28aSolomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue; the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.