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The weight of the gold Shlomo received annually came to twenty-two tons,
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besides that which came from customs duties and sales taxes; also all the Arab kings and regional governors brought gold and silver to Shlomo.
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King Shlomo made 200 large shields of hammered gold; fifteen pounds of hammered gold went into one shield.
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He made 300 more shields of hammered gold, with seven-and-a-half pounds going into one shield; the king put these in the House of the L'vanon Forest.
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The king also made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
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The throne had six steps and a gold footstool; these were fastened to the throne. There were arms on either side of the seat, two lions standing beside the arms,
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and twelve more lions standing on each side of the six steps. Nothing like it had ever been made in any kingdom.
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All King Shlomo's drinking vessels were of gold; and all the utensils in the House of the L'vanon Forest were of pure gold; for in Shlomo's time, silver was regarded as having little value.
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The king had ships that could go to Tarshish with Huram's servants; once every three years the "Tarshish" ships came in, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.
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So King Shlomo surpassed all the kings on earth in both wealth and wisdom.
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All the kings on earth sought to have an audience with Shlomo, in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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Each one brought his present - articles of silver, articles of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses and mules; and this continued year after year.
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Shlomo also had 4,000 stalls of horses for his chariots and his 12,000 horsemen; he assigned them to the chariot cities and to the king in Yerushalayim.
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He ruled over all the kingdoms from the [Euphrates] River through the land of the P'lishtim to the border of Egypt.
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The king made silver in Yerushalayim as common as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as sycamore-fig trees are in the Sh'felah.
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They brought horses for Shlomo from Egypt and from all countries.
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Other activities of Shlomo, from beginning to end, are written in the records of Natan the prophet, in the prophecy of Achiyah of Shiloh and in the visions of Ye'do the seer concerning Yarov'am the son of N'vat.
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Shlomo reigned in Yerushalayim over all Isra'el for forty years.
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Then Shlomo slept with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David his father, and Rechav'am his son became king in his place.