2 Chronicles 9:10-21

10(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum1 wood and precious stones. 11The king made the algum wood into steps2 for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

13The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,3 14not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold4 went into each shield. 16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold5 went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

17Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 18The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. 19Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

20All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. 21For the king had the ships of Tarshish6 that went with Hiram’s7 servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.8