1 Kings 10:22-29

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.

23So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in wealth as well as in wisdom.

24All the earth sought an audience with Solomon, to listen to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

25They brought, each man his gift—vessels of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses and mules—so much year by year.

26Solomon accumulated chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

27Also the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

28Solomon’s horses were brought from Egypt and from Keveh. The king’s merchants would buy them from Keveh at a price

29They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and in turn they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.