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besides that which traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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And King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went into one buckler.
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And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went into 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 pure gold.
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And there were six steps to the throne with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays;
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and twelve lions stood there on 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 the drinking vessels of King Solomon 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 of no account in the days of Solomon.)
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For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram: once every three years came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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And King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that 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 raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a set rate year by year.