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20 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were made of gold, and all the items in the Forest of Lebanon Palace were made of pure gold, not silver, since even silver wasn’t considered good enough in Solomon’s time! 21 The royal fleet sailed to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, returning once every three years with gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.[a]

22 King Solomon far exceeded all the earth’s kings in wealth and wisdom,

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  1. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or possibly apes; Heb uncertain

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