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King Solomon far exceeded all the earth's kings in wealth and wisdom,
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and kings of every nation wanted an audience with Solomon in order to hear his God-given wisdom.
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Year after year they came with tribute: objects of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
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Solomon also had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, together with twelve thousand horsemen that he kept in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
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He ruled all the kings from the Euphrates to the Philistines' land and the border of Egypt.