20. And all the vessels of the king's table were of gold, and the vessels of the house of the forest of Libanus were of the purest gold. For no account was made of silver in those days.
21. For the king's ships went to Tharsis with the servants of Hiram, once in three years: and they brought thence gold and silver, and ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22. And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.
23. And all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, that they might hear the wisdom which God had given in his heart.
24. And every year they brought him presents, vessels of silver and of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, and horses, and mules.
25. And Solomon had forty thousand horses in the stables, and twelve thousand chariots, and horsemen, and he placed them in the cities of the chariots, and where the king was in Jerusalem.