Evening Bible Study 1 Kings 10:16-29 1Ki 10:16 And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. 1Ki 10:17 He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 1Ki 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 1Ki 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round at the back; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests. 1Ki 10:20 Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom. 1Ki 10:21 All King Solomons 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. 1Ki 10:22 For the king had merchant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys. 1Ki 10:23 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 1Ki 10:24 Now all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 1Ki 10:25 Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year. 1Ki 10:26 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. 1Ki 10:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland. 1Ki 10:28 Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the kings merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price. 1Ki 10:29 Now a chariot that was imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty; and thus, through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. New King James Version The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Bible text from the New King James Version® is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by Thomas Nelson, Inc., 501 Nelson Place, Nashville, Tennessee, 37214-1000. My Commentary Once again we see Solomon filling his coffers. Instead of relying on the Lord Solomon is relying on himself. This not a wise move for the wisest man on earth. In fact it is this complacency that leads Solomon down a path of worshiping false gods. Synopsis of the Old and New Testaments John Nelson Darby (1800 - 1882) 1 Kings 10:1-29 The king of Tyre also was dependent on the king of Israel; and the queen of Sheba comes from the far south to delight herself in the wisdom of the head of Gods people, and to be filled with wonder at the sight of his glory, and to praise Jehovah who had raised him so high, and who had blessed the people in giving him to be their king. She also came with gifts; for the kings renown had spread into distant lands. Nevertheless, although it was a true report that she had heard, the sight of his glory went far beyond all that had been said of it.
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