17
Likewise
he made three hundred shields
of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18
The king also made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the purest gold.
19
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne
was round behind, and
there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps; there was not the like made in any other kingdom.
21
And all King Solomon’s drinking vessels
were of gold, and likewise all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold;
there was no silver, for in the days of Solomon it was not esteemed.
22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram; once every three years the navy of Tarshish came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24
And all the earth sought to see the face of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25
And they each one brought his presents each year, vessels of gold and vessels of silver and garments and arms and spices, horses, and mules.
26
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen, and he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he put in the cities of the chariots and with the king at Jerusalem.
27
And the king made silver
to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars
to be as the sycamore trees that
are in the vale, for abundance.