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1 Kings 10:18-29

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18 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.
18 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
19 There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat , and two lions standing beside the arms.
19 The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.
20 Twelve 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.
20 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.
21 All 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 valuable in the days of Solomon.
21 All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s days.
22 For the 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.
22 The king had a fleet of trading ships at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.
23 So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
23 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
24 All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
24 The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
25 They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
25 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.
26 Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
28 Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price.
28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue —the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price.
29 A chariot was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150 ; and by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans.
29 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.
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