11. God replied to Solomon, “I know this request is from your heart. You didn’t ask for riches, fortunes, honor, or the death of those who hate you. You didn’t even ask for a long life. Instead, you’ve asked for wisdom and knowledge to judge my people, over whom I made you king.
12. So wisdom and knowledge will be given to you. I will also give you riches, fortunes, and honor like no other king before or after you.”
13. Solomon went from the tent of meeting at the place of worship in Gibeon to Jerusalem. And he ruled Israel.
14. Solomon built up ⌊his army⌋ with chariots and war horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 war horses. He stationed ⌊some⌋ in chariot cities and ⌊others⌋ with himself in Jerusalem.
15. The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.
16. Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders bought them from Kue for a fixed price.
17. They imported each chariot from Egypt for 15 pounds of silver and each horse for 6 ounces of silver. For the same price they obtained horses to export to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.