22. King Solomon had more riches and wisdom than all the other kings on earth.
23. All the kings of the earth came to see Solomon. They wanted to hear the wisdom God had given him.
24. Every year everyone who came brought a gift. They brought things made of silver and gold, clothes, weapons, spices, horses and mules.
25. Solomon had 4,000 stalls to hold his horses and chariots. He had 12,000 horses. He kept them in special cities for the chariots. And he kept some with him in Jerusalem.
26. Solomon was king over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the Philistine country to the border of Egypt.
27. In Jerusalem silver was as common as stones while Solomon was king. Cedar trees were as common as the fig trees growing on the western mountain slopes.
28. Solomon imported horses from Egypt and all other countries.
29. The other things Solomon did as king, from the beginning to the end, are written down. They are in the writings of Nathan the prophet. And they are in the prophecy of Ahijah and the visions of Iddo. Ahijah was from Shiloh. Iddo was a seer who wrote about Jeroboam, Nebat’s son.
30. Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel for 40 years.