¹⁴ Nevertheless, Hiram paid^[a] Solomon 9,000 pounds^[b] of gold.

¹¹ he gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre. (Hiram had previously provided all the cedar and cypress timber and gold that Solomon had requested.)

²¹ All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!

Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor

¹⁴ Each year Solomon received about 25 tons^[a] of gold.

¹⁰ Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds^[a] of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

²⁸ They sailed to Ophir and brought back to Solomon some sixteen tons^[a] of gold.