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Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold,
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Besides [what he had] of the merchants, and of the traffic of the spice-merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
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And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target.
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And [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
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The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne [was] round behind: and [there were] stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
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And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
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And 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 [were of] silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
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And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.