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* Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold , * besides [what he had ] from the merchantmen and from the trade of the spice merchants and from all the kings of Arabia and from the princes of the land . * And King Solomon made two hundred shields [of ] beaten gold ; six hundred [shekels ] of gold went into each shield . * Likewise [he made ] three hundred shields [of ] beaten gold ; three pounds of gold went into each shield ; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon . * The king also made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the purest gold . * 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 . * 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 other kingdom . * And all King Solomon 's drinking vessels [were of ] gold , and likewise all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold ; [there was ] no silver , for in the days of Solomon it was not esteemed . * For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram ; once every three years the navy of Tarshish came , bringing gold , silver , ivory , and apes , and peacocks . * So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom . * And all the earth sought to see the face of Solomon , to hear his wisdom , which God had put in his heart . * And they each one brought his presents each year , vessels of gold and vessels of silver and garments and arms and spices , horses , and mules . * And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen , and he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen , whom he put in the cities of the chariots and with the king at Jerusalem . * And the king made silver [to be ] in Jerusalem as stones , and he made cedars [to be ] as the sycamore trees that [are ] in the vale , for abundance . * And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt and linen yarn , for the king 's merchants bought the horses and yarn . * And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels ] of silver , and a horse for one hundred and fifty , and so by their hand they supplied all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria .:

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