20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king’s ships went to (A)Tarshish with the servants of [a]Hiram. Once every three years the [b]merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and [c]monkeys.

22 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Heb. Huram; cf. 1 Kin. 10:22
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Lit. ships of Tarshish, deep-sea vessels
  3. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or peacocks

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