Solomon's Great Wealth
14
l Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
15
besides that which came from the explorers and from the business of the merchants, and from all the kings of the west and from the governors of the land.
16
King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield.
17
And he made 300 m shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in n the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
18
The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with the finest gold.
19
The throne had six steps, and at the back of the throne was a calf's head, and on each side of the seat were armrests and two lions standing beside the armrests,
20
while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom.
21
All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of n 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.
22
For the king had o 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.
23
p Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
24
And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
25
Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
26
q And Solomon gathered together r chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the s chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
27
And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as t the sycamore of the Shephelah.
28
And Solomon's u import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders received them from Kue at a price.
29
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king's traders they were exported to all the kings of v the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 10:14 - 28
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.
2 Chronicles 9:13 - 28
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 14:26
He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 7:2
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 10:17
And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Oph...
Genesis 10:4
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, a...
1 Chronicles 1:7
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, a...
2 Chronicles 20:36 - 37
He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshi...
Psalms 48:7
By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tar...
Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands...
-
Cross References
1 Kings 3:12 - 13
Behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
1 Kings 4:30
So that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 10:26 - 29
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 1:14 - 17
Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 4:26
Solomon also had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.
2 Chronicles 9:25
And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 9:19
And all the store cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
-
Cross References
1 Chronicles 27:28
Over the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.
-
Cross References
2 Chronicles 9:28
And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.
Deuteronomy 17:16
Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, 'You shall never return that way again.
-
Cross References
Judges 1:26
And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.