^{20 Ref} All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

^{21 Ref} For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

^{22 Ref} So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

^{23 Ref} All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

^{24 Ref} They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

^{25 Ref} Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.