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Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one yeere, was sixe hundred and threescore and sixe talents of gold:

Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia, and gouernours of the countrie, brought gold and siluer to Solomon.

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: sixe hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

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 forrest of Lebanon.

Moreouer the king made a great throne of yuorie, and ouerlaid it with pure gold.

And there were sixe steps to the throne, with a footstoole of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stayes on each side of the sitting place, and two lyons standing by the stayes.

And twelue lyons stood there on the one side and on the other, vpon the sixe steps. There was not the like made in any kingdome.

And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forrest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of siluer; it was not any thing accounted of in the dayes of Solomon.

For the kings ships went to Tarshish with the seruants of Huram: euerie three yeeres once came the ships of Tarshish bringing golde, and siluer, yuorie, and apes, and peacocks.

And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to heare his wisedome, that God had put in his heart.

And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harnesse, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate yeere by yeere.

And Solomon had foure thousand stalles for horses, and charets, and twelue thousand horsemen, whom hee bestowed in the charet cities, and with the king at Ierusalem.

And hee reigned ouer all the kings, from the riuer, euen vnto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

And the king made siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the Sycomore trees, that are in the low plaines, in abundance.

And they brought vnto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.