1 Kings 3:13
King James Version
13 And I have also given thee
that which thou hast not asked,
both riches, and honour:
so that there shall not be any among the kings
like unto thee all thy days.
Solomon asked for wisdom.
Which pleased GOD.
Thus, wealth and honor followed.
Here's a sampling of the material gain GOD gave him:
1 Kings 10:14-29
King James Version
14 Now the weight of gold
that came to Solomon in one year
was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen,
and of the traffick of the spice merchants,
and of all the kings of Arabia,
and of the governors of the country.
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets
of beaten gold:
six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold;
three pound of gold went to one shield:
and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory,
and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps,
and the top of the throne was round behind:
and there were stays
on either side on the place of the seat,
and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side
and on the other upon the six steps:
there was not the like made in any kingdom.
21 And 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 were of silver:
it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea
a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram:
once in three years came the navy of Tharshish,
bringing gold, and silver, ivory,
and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded
all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon,
to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man his present,
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,
and garments, and armour,
and spices, horses, and mules,
a rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen:
and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen,
whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots,
and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones,
and cedars made he to be
as the sycomore trees that are in the vale,
for abundance.
28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt,
and linen yarn:
the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt
for six hundred shekels of silver,
and an horse for an hundred and fifty:
and so for all the kings of the Hittites,
and for the kings of Syria,
did they bring them out by their means.
Did you also know Sheba visited Solomon?
And marveled at his wealth?
That's for the next post.
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