13The weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six kikkars of gold.14Besides what came from the men who were spying and trading, all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.15King Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold rose upon each shield.16He also made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred of beaten gold rose upon each shield, and the king placed them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.17The king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.18There were six steps to the throne, and a footstool of gold attached to the throne, and hands on this side and on that side upon the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the hands.19Twelve lions stood there upon the six steps, on this side and on that side; nothing like this had been made for any kingdom.20All the drinking vessels of King Solomon were gold, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not valued at all in the days of Solomon.21For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came, carrying gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.22King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the land in riches and wisdom.23All the kings of the land sought the presence of Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had placed in his heart.24They brought, each man his tribute: articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, year by year.25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.26He ruled over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.27The king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores that are in the Shephelah for abundance.28Horses were brought out for Solomon from Egypt and from all the lands.