22. King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and wisdom.
23. All the kings of the world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
24. Each of them would bring his own gift — items of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, and horses and mules — as an annual tribute.
25. Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. He stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
26. He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.
27. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.