Solomon's Unparalleled Wealth

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Also the weight of golde, that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and six talents of gold,

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Besides that he had of marchant men and of the marchandises of them that solde spices, and of all the Kinges of Arabia, and of the princes of the countrey.

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And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, sixe hundreth shekels of gold went to a target:

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And three hundreth shieldes of beaten golde, three pound of gold went to one shielde: and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.

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Then the King made a great throne of yuorie, and couered it with the best golde.

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And the throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind, and there were stayes on either side on the place of the throne, and two lions standing by the stayes.

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And there stoode twelue lions on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome.

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And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the woode of Lebanon were of pure golde, none were of siluer: for it was nothing esteemed in the dayes of Salomon.

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For the King had on the sea the nauie of Tharshish with the nauie of Hiram: once in three yere came the nauie of Tharshish, and brought golde and siluer, yuorie, and apes and peacockes.

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So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.

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And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,

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And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, and armour, and sweete odours, horses and mules, from yeere to yeere.

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