a 2 Chr 9:13-28
c 2 Chr 9:14
d 1 Kin 14:26-28; 2 Chr 12:9, 10
f 1 Kin 14:26
h 1 Kin 7:2
i 1 Kin 10:22; 2 Chr 9:17; Ps 45:8
n 1 Kin 9:26-28; 22:48; 2 Chr 20:36
o 1 Kin 3:12, 13; 4:30
p 1 Kin 3:9, 12, 28
q Ps 68:29
r 1 Kin 4:26; 2 Chr 1:14-17; 9:25
t 1 Kin 9:19
u Deut 17:17; 2 Chr 1:15
w Deut 17:16; 2 Chr 1:16; 9:28

1 Kings 10:14-28

Wealth, Splendor and Wisdom

14 aNow the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, 15besides that from the traders and the ▼
▼ Or traffic
wares of the merchants and all the kings of the cArabs and the governors of the country. 16 dKing Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, ▼
▼ Lit he brought up
using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. 17He made f300 shields of beaten gold, ▼
▼ Lit he brought up
using three minas of gold on each shield, and hthe king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18Moreover, the king made a great throne of iivory and overlaid it with refined gold. 19There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and ▼
▼ Lit hands
arms ▼
▼ Lit on this side and on this at the place of the seat
on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the ▼
▼ Lit hands
arms. 20Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. 21All 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 was of silver; it was not considered ▼
▼ Lit anything
valuable in the days of Solomon. 22For nthe king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

23 oSo King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 24All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, pto hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. 25 qThey brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

26 rNow Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he ▼
▼ So with ancient versions; Heb led
stationed them in the tchariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 uThe king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the ▼
▼ Heb Shephelah
lowland. 28 wAlso Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.
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