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21 For the ships of the king went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram.[a] Once every three years[b] the ships of Tarshish came carrying gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

22 Thus King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God put in his heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:21 This is the spelling in Hebrew, though many translations have “Hiram”
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Literally “for three years”