2 Chronicles 9:13–28

¹³And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold, ¹⁴apart from what the tourists, and the merchants, are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon. ¹⁵And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred shekels of alloyed gold he causeth to go up on the one target; ¹⁶and three hundred shields of alloyed gold, three hundred shekels of gold he causeth to go up on the one shield, and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. ¹⁷And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold; ¹⁸and six steps are to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands are on this side and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands, ¹⁹and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this side, and on that: it hath not been made so for any kingdom. ²⁰And 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—silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything; ²¹for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ²²And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom; ²³and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart, ²⁴and they are bringing in each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. ²⁵And there are to Solomon four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem. ²⁶And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt. ²⁷And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that are in the low country, for abundance, ²⁸and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.