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Hiram's men and Solomon's men brought gold from Ophir, juniper wood, and jewels.
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King Solomon used the juniper wood to build steps for the Temple of the Lord and the palace and to make lyres and harps for the musicians. No one in Judah had ever seen such beautiful things as these.
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King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted and asked for, even more than she had brought to him. Then she and her servants returned to her own country.
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Every year King Solomon received about fifty thousand pounds of gold.
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Besides that, he also received gold from traders and merchants. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver.
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King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, each of which contained about seven and one-half pounds of hammered gold.
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He also made three hundred smaller shields of hammered gold, each of which contained about four pounds of gold. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
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The king built a large throne of ivory and covered it with pure gold.
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The throne had six steps on it and a gold footstool. There were armrests on both sides of the chair, and each armrest had a lion beside it.
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Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any other kingdom.
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All of Solomon's drinking cups, as well as the dishes in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon, were made of pure gold. In Solomon's time people did not think silver was valuable.