1Ki 10:23-29 | ESV | STEP | Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom .

1 Kings 10:23-29

23 ^aThus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 24 And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 25 Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

26 ^bAnd Solomon gathered together ^cchariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the ^dchariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as ^ethe sycamore of the Shephelah. 28 And Solomon’s ^fimport of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price. 29 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king’s traders they were exported to all the kings of ^gthe Hittites and the kings of Syria.