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Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.
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There were six steps up to it, and a foot-rest of gold fixed to it, and arms on the two sides of the seat, with two lions at the side of the arms.
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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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And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.
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Solomon had four thousand buildings for his horses and his war-carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king in Jerusalem.
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And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.
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The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.