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

apart from the merchant men, and from the traffic of the traders, and from all the Arabian kings, and from the governors of the lands.

And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target;

and three hundred shields of beaten gold: three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

And the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.

The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind; and stays were on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays;

and twelve lions were standing on the six steps, on this side and on that; 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 refined gold; there was none of silver; it was not counted for anything in the days of Solomon;

For the king had a navy of Tarshish at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years the navy of Tarshish would come bearing gold, and silver, and ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

And King Solomon was greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom;

and all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God had put into his heart;

and they were each one bringing his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a year by year matter.

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen, and he had a thousand, four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem.

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores that are in the low country, for abundance.

And the horses that King Solomon had were brought from Egypt, and from Kue; the king's merchants received them from Kue at a price;

and a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria they brought them out by their means.