2 Chronicles 9:13-30

2 Chronicles 9:13-30

[13] Now the weight  of gold  that came  to Solomon  in one  year  was six  hundred  and threescore  and six  talents  of gold;  [14] and merchants  brought.  And all the kings  of Arabia  and governors  of the country  brought  gold  and silver  to Solomon.  [15] And king  Solomon  made  two hundred  targets  of beaten  gold:  six  hundred  shekels of beaten  gold  went  to one  target.  [16] And three  hundred  shields  made he of beaten  gold:  three  hundred  shekels of gold  went  to one  shield.  And the king  put  them in the house  of the forest  of Lebanon.  [17] Moreover the king  made  a great  throne  of ivory,  and overlaid  it with pure  gold.  [18] And there were six  steps  to the throne,  with a footstool  of gold,  which were fastened  to the throne,  and stays  on each side of the sitting  place,  and two  lions  standing  by  the stays:  [19] And twelve  lions  stood  there on the one side and on the other upon the six  steps.  There was not the like made  in any kingdom.  [20] And all the drinking  vessels  of king  Solomon  were of gold,  and all the vessels  of the house  of the forest  of Lebanon  were of pure  gold:  none were of silver;  it was not any  thing accounted  of in the days  of Solomon.  [21] For the king's  ships  went  to Tarshish  with the servants  of Huram:  every three  years  once  came  the ships  of Tarshish  bringing  gold,  and silver,  ivory,  and apes,  and peacocks.  [22] And king  Solomon  passed  all the kings  of the earth  in riches  and wisdom.  [23] And all the kings  of the earth  sought  the presence  of Solomon,  to hear  his wisdom,  that God  had put  in his heart.  [24] And they brought  every man  his present,  vessels  of silver,  and vessels  of gold,  and raiment,  harness,  and spices,  horses,  and mules,  a rate  year  [25] And Solomon  had four  thousand  stalls  for horses  and chariots,  and twelve  thousand  horsemen;  whom he bestowed  in the chariot  cities,  and with the king  at Jerusalem.  [26] And he reigned  over all the kings  from the river  even unto the land  of the Philistines,  and to the border  of Egypt.  [27] And the king  made  silver  in Jerusalem  as stones,  and cedar trees  made  he as the sycomore trees  that are in the low plains  in abundance.  [28] And they brought  unto Solomon  horses  out of Egypt,  and out of all lands.  [29] Now the rest  of the acts  of Solomon,  first  and last,  are they not written  in the book  of Nathan  the prophet,  and in the prophecy  of Ahijah  the Shilonite,  and in the visions  of Iddo  the seer  against Jeroboam  the son  of Nebat?  [30] And Solomon  reigned  in Jerusalem  over all Israel  forty  years.