15apart from [that of] the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land.
16And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold -- six hundred of gold go up on the one target;
17and three hundred shields of alloyed gold -- three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them [in] the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with refined gold;
19six steps hath the throne, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
20and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this [side] and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom.
21And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold -- there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything,
