25 Every man would bring his annual tribute: items[a] of silver and gold, clothing, weapons,[b] spices, and horses and mules.(A)

26 Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen(B) and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.(C) 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones,(D) and he made cedar(E) as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:25 Or vessels, or weapons
  2. 10:25 Or fragrant balsam

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