9. Blessed be the Lord your God, Who delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, He made you king to execute justice and righteousness.
10. And she gave the king 120 talents of gold and of spices a very great store and precious stones. Never again came such abundance of spices as these the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
11. The navy also of Hiram brought from Ophir gold and a great plenty of almug (algum) wood and precious stones.
12. Of the almug wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and lyres also and harps for the singers. No such almug wood came again or has been seen to this day.
13. King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she wanted, whatever she asked, besides his gifts to her from his royal bounty. So she returned to her own country, she and her servants.
14. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was 666 talents of gold,
15. Besides what the traders brought and the traffic of the merchants and from all the [tributary] kings and governors of the land of Arabia.
16. King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield.
17. And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
18. Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
19. The throne had six steps, and attached at the rear of the top of the throne was a round covering or canopy. On either side of the seat were armrests, and two lions stood beside the armrests.
20. Twelve lions stood there, one on either end of each of the six steps; there was nothing like it ever made in any kingdom.
21. All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
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.