1Kings:10:14-29
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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 ,
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besides that which came from the traders and from the traffic of the merchants ,
and from all the kings of Arabia and from the governors of the land .
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King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold ;
six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield .
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold ;
three minas of gold went into each shield ;
and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon .
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The king also made a great ivory throne ,
and overlaid it with the finest gold .
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The throne had six steps ,
and at the back of the throne was a calf '
s head ,
and on each side of the seat were arm rests and two lions standing beside the arm rests ,
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while twelve lions stood there ,
one on each end of a step on the six steps .
The like of it was never made in any kingdom .
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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 not considered as anything in the days of Solomon .
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For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram .
Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold ,
silver ,
ivory ,
apes ,
and peacocks .
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Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom .
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And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom ,
which God had put into his mind .
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Every one of them brought his present ,
articles of silver and gold ,
garments ,
myrrh ,
spices ,
horses ,
and mules ,
so much year by year .
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And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen ;
he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen ,
whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem .
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And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone ,
and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephe '
lah .
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And Solomon '
s import of horses was from Egypt and Ku '
e ,
and the king '
s traders received them from Ku '
e at a price .
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A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver ,
and a horse for a hundred and fifty ;
and so through the king '
s traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria .
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