23. They all consulted him, to hear the wisdom that God had given him.
24. Each of them brought Solomon gifts — articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. This continued year after year.
25. King Solomon also had 4,000 stalls for his chariots and horses, and had 12,000 cavalry horses. Some of them he kept in Jerusalem and the rest he stationed in various other cities.
26. He was supreme ruler of all the kings in the territory from the River Euphrates to Philistia and the Egyptian border.
27. During his reign silver was as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedar was as plentiful as ordinary sycomore in the foothills of Judah.