8. Blessed be Adonai your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king before Adonai your God. Because your God loved Israel, establishing them forever, He made you king over them to execute justice and righteousness.”
9. Then she gave the king 120 gold talents, large quantities of spices and precious stones. There had never been such quantities of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10. The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algumwood and precious stones.
11. From the sandalwood the king made ramps for the House of Adonai and for the royal palace, and lyres and harps for the singers—nothing like them had ever been seen before in the land of Judah.
12. King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for—more than what she had brought to the king. Then she with her courtiers, returned, going back to her own land.
13. Now the weight of gold that Solomon received in one year was 666 gold talents,
14. besides what the traders and merchants brought and the gold and silver that all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the region brought to Solomon.
15. King Solomon made 200 shields of beaten gold, 600 shekels of beaten gold for each shield,
16. and also 300 shields of beaten gold, 300 shekels of gold for each shield. The king put them in the palace of the Lebanon Forest.
17. Furthermore, the king made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
18. The throne had six steps and a golden footstool attached to it, and arms on each side of the seat. Two lions stood beside the arms
19. and 12 lions stood on the six steps, one at each end of each step. None like it was ever made for any kingdom.
20. All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold and all the vessels of the palace of the Lebanon Forest were of pure gold—silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
21. Because the king’s ships sailed to Tarshish with Huram’s servants once every three years, the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.
22. So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23. And all the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to listen to the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
24. Everyone brought his tribute—vessels of silver, vessels of gold, garments, armor, spices, horses and mules—in the due amount each year.