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And all kingSolomon'sdrinkingvessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of puregold; none were of silver: it was nothingaccounted 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 threeyearscame the navy of Tharshish,bringinggold, and silver,ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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So kingSolomonexceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
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And all the earthsoughttoSolomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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And they brought every man his present,vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices,horses, and mules, a rateyear by year.
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And Solomon gathered togetherchariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and fourhundredchariots, and twelve*thousandhorsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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And the kingmadesilver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedarsmade he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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And Solomon had horsesbrought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king'smerchantsreceived the linen yarn at a price.
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And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for sixhundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.