14The weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold.15It came apart from the men of trade, from the merchandise of the traders, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.16King Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold; six hundred of gold went into each shield.17He also made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield, and the king placed them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.18The king made a large throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.19There were six steps to the throne, a rounded back behind the throne, armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.20Twelve lions stood on the six steps, six on each side; nothing like it had been made for any kingdom.21All the vessels of King Solomon were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.22For the king had a fleet of Tarshish at sea with Hiram's fleet; once every three years the fleet of Tarshish arrived bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.23King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.24All the earth sought the face of Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had placed in his heart.25Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift: articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.26Solomon accumulated chariots and horsemen; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the Shephelah.28Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue at a price.29A chariot imported from Egypt cost six hundred of silver, and a horse a hundred and fifty; they exported them in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.