22. And King Solomon passed 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, that God had put in his heart.
24. And of these, each his present, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and raiment, arms, spices, horses, and mules, every year.
25. And Solomon also had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26. And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.
27. And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
28. And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt and out of all lands.