1 Kings 10:22-26
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.
1 Kings 10:26
Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.