1 Kings 10:22-29

22For the king had the ships of Tarshish1 at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.2

23So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 24The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart. 25Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

26Solomon accumulated3 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses,4 which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.5

28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue;6 the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. 29A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver,7 and a horse for a hundred and fifty.8 Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.