1 Kings 10:6-25
English Standard Version
Chapter 10
6And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom, 7but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard. 8Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! 9Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness." 10Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones. Never again came such an abundance of spices as these that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
11Moreover, the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a very great amount of almug wood and precious stones.
12And the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the Lord and for the king 's house, also lyres and harps for the singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day.
14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
15besides 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.
16King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield.
17And 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.
18The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with the finest gold.
19The throne had six steps, and the throne had a round top, and on each side of the seat were armrests and two lions standing beside the armrests,
20while 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.
21All King Solomon 's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of 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 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.
23Thus 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, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
