²² For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.^[a](A)

²⁷ The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamores of the Shephelah.