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For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.
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And twelve lions were placed on one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.
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All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.
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For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.
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And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.
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And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.
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