2 Chronicles 9:21

In context

19Twelve lions stood there on the six steps, one at each end of every step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any kingdom. 20All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and every vessel of the House of the Forest of Lebanon was refined gold. Silver counted for nothing in Solomon’s days, 21for the king had ships that sailed to Tarshish with Huram’s servants; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come in, carrying gold and silver, ivory, apes and baboons. 22So in wealth and in wisdom King Solomon rose above every king on earth, 23and every king on earth was seeking Solomon’s presence, to hear the wisdom God had set in his heart.