24. All of the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
25. They were each bringing his gift; objects of silver and objects of gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. This used to happen year after year.
26. Solomon gathered chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses. He stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem.
27. The king made the silver in Jerusalem as the stones, and the cedars he made as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah in abundance.
28. The import of the horses which were Solomon’s was from Egypt and from Kue; the traders of the king received horses from Kue at a price.