18. There were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
19. Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was nothing like it made in any other kingdom.
20. All king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
21. For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
22. So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23. All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
24. They each brought tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules every year.
25. Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26. He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as abundant as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
28. They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt and out of all lands.
29. Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren’t they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30. Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31. Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in his father David’s city: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.