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For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram: one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, gold and silver, and wrought stones, and hewn stones.
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And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
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And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord put into his heart.
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And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem: and he ruled over all the kings from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.