22. For 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 came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
23. So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom (skill).
24. And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put in his mind.
25. Every man brought tribute: vessels of silver and gold, garments, equipment, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
26. Solomon collected chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.