2Chronicles:9:13-28

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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 [that which ] the traders and merchants brought . And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon . * And King Solomon made two hundred bucklers [of ] beaten gold ; six hundred [shekels ] of beaten gold went to each buckler . * And [he made ] three hundred shields [of ] beaten gold ; three hundred [shekels ] of gold went to each shield . And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon . * Moreover , the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold . * And [there were ] six steps to the throne , with a footstool of gold , [which were ] fastened to the throne , and stays on each side of the seat , and two lions standing by the stays . * There were also twelve lions standing on one side and on the other upon the six steps . There was not the like made in any kingdom . * And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon [were of ] gold , and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of ] pure gold . In the days of Solomon silver was not esteemed . * For the king 's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram , and every three years the ships came from Tarshish bringing gold , silver , ivory , apes , and peacocks . * And King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom . * And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon , to hear his wisdom , that God had put in his heart . * And of these , each his present , vessels of silver and vessels of gold and raiment , arms , spices , horses , and mules , every year . * And Solomon also had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand horsemen , whom he bestowed in the chariot cities , and with the king at Jerusalem . * And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt . * And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones , and he made cedar trees as the sycamore trees that [are ] in the low plains in abundance . * And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt and out of all lands .

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