17
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
18
And
there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,
which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the seat, and two lions standing by the stays.
19
There were also twelve lions standing on one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20
And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon
were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon
were of pure gold. In the days of Solomon silver was not esteemed.
21
For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the slaves of Hiram, and every three years the ships came from Tarshish bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
22
And King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24
And of these, each his present, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and raiment, arms, spices, horses, and mules, every year.
25
And Solomon also had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26
And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.
27
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as the sycamore trees that
are in the low plains in abundance.