1 Kings 10:25

25 Year after year they came with tribute: objects of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

1 Kings 10:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 10:25

And they brought every man his present
To recommend them, and introduce them into his presence:

vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and
spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year;
everyone brought according to the commodities of his country; and they did yearly, out of great respect to him, and in veneration of him for his wisdom, and for the advantages they received by his wise counsels and instructions; besides, it was the custom of the eastern countries not to pay a visit, especially to great personages, without carrying a present.

1 Kings 10:25 In-Context

23 King Solomon far exceeded all the earth's kings in wealth and wisdom,

24 and so the whole earth wanted an audience with Solomon in order to hear his God-given wisdom.

25 Year after year they came with tribute: objects of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

26 Solomon acquired more and more chariots and horses until he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses that he kept in chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

27 In Jerusalem, the king made silver as common as stones and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees that grow in the foothills.