1 Kings 10:21-25
1 Kings 10:21
Now all King Solomon’s drinking utensils were of gold, and all the utensils of the house of the timber of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered as amounting to anything in the days of Solomon.
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s ships; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come carrying gold and silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10:23
So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
1 Kings 10:24
And all the earth was seeking the attention of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1 Kings 10:25
And they were bringing, everyone, a gift: articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, balsam oil, horses, and mules, so much year by year.