20. King Solomon's drinking vessels were all of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not counted as anything in the days of Solomon.
21. For the king's ships went to Tarshish with Huram's servants; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
22. King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23. And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put into his mind.
24. And every man brought his tribute: silver and gold articles, robes, armor, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
25. Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, stationed in chariot cities or at Jerusalem with the king. [Deut. 17:16, 17.]
26. And he ruled over all the kings from the [Euphrates] River to the land of Philistia and to the frontier of Egypt.
27. The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands.