12. King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted and asked for, even more than she had brought to him. Then she and her servants returned to her own country.
13. Every year King Solomon received about fifty thousand pounds of gold.
14. Besides that, he also received gold from traders and merchants. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver.
15. King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, each of which contained about seven and one-half pounds of hammered gold.
16. He also made three hundred smaller shields of hammered gold, each of which contained about four pounds of gold. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
17. The king built a large throne of ivory and covered it with pure gold.
18. The throne had six steps on it and a gold footstool. There were armrests on both sides of the chair, and each armrest had a lion beside it.