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17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were six steps to the throne, and the rim of the throne encircled from behind it, with armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing behind the armrests. 19 And twelve lions stood there, on the one side and on the other side upon the six steps. There was not the like ever made in any kingdom. 20 And all the vessels of the service of King Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the king's treasuries were of pure gold; silver was not accounted as anything in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came loaded with silver and gold, elephants, apes, and peacocks. 22 Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear the wisdom that the LORD had put into his heart. 24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, myrrh and spices, horses and mules, a fixed amount year by year. 25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he placed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. 26 And Solomon ruled over all the kings from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 27 And King Solomon made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as the sand that is by the sea in abundance. 28 And they brought to Solomon horses from Egypt and from all lands. 29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem forty years over all Israel. 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 2 Chronicles 9:17-31, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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