15. King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold (six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield)
16. and three hundred bucklers of beaten gold (three hundred shekels of gold went into each buckler); and the king put them in the house of the Forest of Lebanon.
17. The king made a large ivory throne, and overlaid it with fine gold.
18. The throne had six steps; a footstool of gold was fastened to the throne, and there was an arm on each side of the seat, with two lions standing next to the arms,
19. and twelve other lions standing there on the steps, two to a step. Nothing like this was made in any other kingdom.
20. 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.
21. For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish ships would come with a cargo of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.
22. Thus King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23. All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon, to hear the wisdom God had put into his heart.