1 Kings 10:14-28
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14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
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15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
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16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
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17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
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19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
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20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
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21 And 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 were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
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24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.