1 Kings 10:14–22

^14mNow the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, ¹⁵beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the ⁿspice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. ¹⁶And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. ¹⁷And he made three hundred ^oshields of beaten gold; ^pthree pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in ^qthe house of the forest of Lebanon. ¹⁸Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the ^rbest gold. ¹⁹The 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. ²⁰And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. ²¹And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of ^sthe house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. ²²For the king had at sea a navy of ^tTharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.