2 Chronicles 9:20-24
2 Chronicles 9:20
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 not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
2 Chronicles 9:22
So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
2 Chronicles 9:23
And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
2 Chronicles 9:24
They were bringing, each of them his gift: articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, balsam oil, horses, and mules, so much year by year.