1 Kings 10:14-27

The Queen of Sheba

¹⁴Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, ¹⁵besides that from the traders, and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country. ¹⁶King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, using six hundred shekels of gold on each large shield. ¹⁷And he made three hundred small shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield; and the king put them in the house of the timber of Lebanon. ¹⁸Moreover, the king made a large throne of ivory and overlaid it with fine gold. ¹⁹There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its back, and armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests. ²⁰Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. ²¹Now all King Solomon’s drinking utensils were of gold, and all the utensils of the house of the timber of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered as amounting to anything in the days of Solomon. ²²For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s ships; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come carrying gold and silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.

²³So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom. ²⁴And all the earth was seeking the attention of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. ²⁵And they were bringing, everyone, a gift: articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, balsam oil, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

²⁶Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. ²⁷And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.