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21 Now 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. None was of silver; it was not considered [a]valuable in the days of Solomon. 22 For (A)the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came carrying gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

23 (B)So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

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  1. 1 Kings 10:21 Lit anything