1 Kings 10:14-29 ▼

14 And the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

15 besides that from the men—tourists—and from the merchandise of the traders, and from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.

16 And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into one shield.

17 And he made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into one shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

18 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he overlaid it with pure gold.

19 Six steps were to the throne, and the round top of the throne was at the back, and were armrests on this side and on this side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests.

20 And twelve lions stood there on the six steps, on this side and on this side. Nothing had been made like this for any kingdoms.

21 And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver—it was not accounted in the days of Solomon as anything.

22 For ships of Tarshish were unto the king at sea with the ships of Hiram. Once in three years came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

23 And King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart.

25 And they brought, each man, his present, articles of silver and gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses and mules, the matter of year after year.

26 And Solomon gathered chariots and horses, and were unto him a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horses, and he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees he made as abundant as the sycamores that are in the Shephelah.

28 And were imported the horses that were to Solomon from Egypt and Kue; merchants of the king bought them from Kue at a price.

29 And a chariot came up and came out from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. And thus to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram, by their hand they brought them out.