1 Kings 10:11-22

11Also Hiram’s ships that brought gold from Ophir brought from Ophir a great quantity of sandalwood and precious stones.

12The king made from the sandalwood a railing for the House of Adonai and for the royal palace, and also lyres and harps for the singers. Never again did such quantity of sandalwood come in, nor have they been seen to this day.

13So King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire—whatever she asked for—besides what King Solomon gave her out of his royal bounty. Then she and her servants left and returned to her own land.

14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

15besides what was from the merchants from the traffic of the traders, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the region.

16King Solomon made 200 full body shields of beaten gold—600 shekels of gold on each shield—

17and 300 small shields of beaten gold—three minas of gold on each shield. The king put them in the Forest House of Lebanon.

18Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with refined gold.

19There were six steps to the throne, and the throne had a back with a rounded top, and there were armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

20Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps—six on each side—nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom.

21All of King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the Forest House of Lebanon were of pure gold. (None was of silver—that did not count for anything in the days of Solomon.)

22For the king had a Tarshish fleet at sea with Hiram’s fleet; once every three years the Tarshish fleet came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.