21. All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the house of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, for in Solomon’s time silver was reckoned as nothing.
22. For the king had a fleet of Tarshish ships at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish ships would come with a cargo of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
23. Thus King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
24. And the whole world sought audience with Solomon, to hear the wisdom God had put into his heart.
25. They all brought their yearly tribute: vessels of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules—what was due each year.