1 Kings 10:14–28

¹⁴And the weight of the gold that hath come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty and six talents of gold, ¹⁵apart from that of the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land. ¹⁶And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold—six hundred of gold go up on the one target; ¹⁷and three hundred shields of alloyed gold—three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. ¹⁸And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with refined gold; ¹⁹six steps hath the throne, and a round top is to the throne behind it, and hands are on this side and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands, ²⁰and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this side and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom. ²¹And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon are of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon are of refined gold—there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything, ²²for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. ²³And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom, ²⁴and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart, ²⁵and they are bringing each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year. ²⁶And Solomon gathereth chariots, and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem. ²⁷And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that are in the low country, for abundance. ²⁸And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath is from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price;