1 Kings 10:21-27

English Standard Version

²¹All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of ^(A)the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon. ²²For the king had ^(B)a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.^[a]

²³^(C)Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. ²⁴And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. ²⁵Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh,^[b] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

²⁶^(D)And Solomon gathered together ^(E)chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the ^(F)chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. ²⁷And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as ^(G)the sycamore of the Shephelah.