1 Kings 4:21-24
4:21 (5:1)
Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River
to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime.
4:22 Each day Solomon’s royal court consumed
thirty cors
of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,
4:23 ten calves fattened in the stall,
twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.
4:24 His royal court was so large because
he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah
to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.
1 Kings 10:23-29
10:23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.
10:24 Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.
10:25 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.
10:26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.
10:27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.
10:28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.
10:29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
Proverbs 3:16
3:16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.