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^(C1)Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was ^(F1)666 talents of gold,

besides that from the traders, and the ^(F1)wares of the merchants and all the kings of the ^(C1)Arabs and the governors of the country.

^(C1)King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, ^(F1)using six hundred shekels of gold on each large shield.

And he made ^(C1)three hundred small shields of beaten gold, ^(F1)using ^(F2)three minas of gold on each shield; and ^(C2)the king put them in the house of the timber of Lebanon.

Moreover, the king made a large throne of ^(C1)ivory and overlaid it with fine gold.

There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its back, and ^(F1)armrests ^(F2)on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the ^(F1)armrests.

Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for ^(F1)any other kingdom.

Now all King Solomon's drinking utensils were of gold, and all the utensils of the house of the timber of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered as amounting to anything in the days of Solomon.

For ^(C1)the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram's ships; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come carrying gold and silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.

^(C1)So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

And all the earth was seeking the ^(F1)attention of Solomon, ^(C1)to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

And ^(C1)they were bringing, everyone, ^(F1)a gift: articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, balsam oil, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

^(C1)Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he ^(F1)stationed them in the ^(C2)chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

^(C1)And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the ^(F1)lowland.

^(C1)Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants acquired them from Kue for a price.

A chariot ^(F1)was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and ^(F2)by the same means they exported them ^(C1)to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans.