1 Kings 10:23–29

²³King Solomon was richer than all of the other kings on earth. He was also wiser than they were. ²⁴People from the whole world wanted to meet Solomon in person. They wanted to see for themselves how wise God had made him. ²⁵Year after year, everyone who came to him brought a gift. They brought articles that were made out of silver and gold. They brought robes, weapons and spices. They also brought horses and mules.

²⁶Solomon had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept some of his horses and chariots in the chariot cities. He kept the others with him in Jerusalem.

²⁷The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones. He made cedar wood as common there as sycamore-fig trees in the western hills.

²⁸Solomon got horses from Egypt and from Kue. The royal traders bought them from Kue. ²⁹They weighed out 15 pounds of silver for a chariot from Egypt. And they weighed out almost four pounds of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to all of the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Arameans.