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apart from [that of] the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land.
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And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold -- six hundred of gold go up on the one target;
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and three hundred shields of alloyed gold -- three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them [in] the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with refined gold;
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six steps hath the throne, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
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and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this [side] and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom.
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And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold -- there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything,
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for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,
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and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart,
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and they are bringing each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year.