18   Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
melek⁴⁴²⁸ `asah⁶²¹³ gadowl¹⁴¹⁹ kicce'³⁶⁷⁸ shen⁸¹²⁷ tsaphah⁶⁸²³ pazaz⁶³³⁸ zahab²⁰⁹¹

19   The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
kicce'³⁶⁷⁸ shesh⁸³³⁷ ma`alah<sup>4609</sup> ro'sh<sup>7218</sup> kicce'<sup>3678</sup> `agol⁵⁶⁹⁶ 'achar³¹⁰ yad³⁰²⁷ maqowm⁴⁷²⁵ shebeth⁷⁶⁷⁵ shnayim⁸¹⁴⁷ 'ariy⁷³⁸ `amad⁵⁹⁷⁵ 'etsel⁶⁸¹ yad³⁰²⁷

20   And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
shnayim⁸¹⁴⁷ 'ariy⁷³⁸ `amad<sup>5975</sup> shesh<sup>8337</sup> ma`alah⁴⁶⁰⁹ ken³⁶⁵¹ `asah⁶²¹³ mamlakah⁴⁴⁶⁷

21   And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
melek⁴⁴²⁸ Shlomoh⁸⁰¹⁰ mashqeh⁴⁹⁴⁵ kliy³⁶²⁷ zahab²⁰⁹¹ kliy³⁶²⁷ bayith¹⁰⁰⁴ ya`ar³²⁹³ Lbanown³⁸⁴⁴ cagar⁵⁴⁶² zahab²⁰⁹¹ 'ayin³⁶⁹ keceph³⁷⁰¹ lo'³⁸⁰⁸ chashab²⁸⁰³ yowm³¹¹⁷ Shlomoh⁸⁰¹⁰

22   For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
melek⁴⁴²⁸ yam³²²⁰ 'oniy⁵⁹⁰ Tarshiysh⁸⁶⁵⁹ 'oniy⁵⁹⁰ Chiyram²⁴³⁸ 'echad²⁵⁹ shalowsh⁷⁹⁶⁹ shaneh⁸¹⁴¹ bow'⁹³⁵ 'oniy⁵⁹⁰ Tarshiysh⁸⁶⁵⁹ nasa'⁵³⁷⁵ zahab²⁰⁹¹ keceph³⁷⁰¹ shenhabbiym⁸¹⁴³ qowph⁶⁹⁷¹ tukkiy⁸⁵⁰⁰

23   So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
melek⁴⁴²⁸ Shlomoh⁸⁰¹⁰ gadal¹⁴³¹ melek⁴⁴²⁸ 'erets⁷⁷⁶ `osher⁶²³⁹ chokmah²⁴⁵¹

24   And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
'erets⁷⁷⁶ baqash¹²⁴⁵ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ Shlomoh⁸⁰¹⁰ shama`⁸⁰⁸⁵ chokmah²⁴⁵¹ 'elohiym⁴³⁰ nathan⁵⁴¹⁴ leb³⁸²⁰

25   And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
bow'⁹³⁵ 'iysh³⁷⁶ minchah⁴⁵⁰³ kliy³⁶²⁷ keceph³⁷⁰¹ kliy³⁶²⁷ zahab²⁰⁹¹ salmah⁸⁰⁰⁸ nesheq⁵⁴⁰² besem¹³¹⁴ cuwc⁵⁴⁸³ pered⁶⁵⁰⁵ dabar¹⁶⁹⁷ shaneh⁸¹⁴¹ shaneh⁸¹⁴¹

26   And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Shlomoh⁸⁰¹⁰ 'acaph⁶²² rekeb⁷³⁹³ parash⁶⁵⁷¹ 'eleph⁵⁰⁵ 'arba`<sup>702</sup> me'ah<sup>3967</sup> rekeb<sup>7393</sup> shnayim<sup>8147</sup> 'eleph<sup>505</sup> parash<sup>6571</sup> nachah<sup>5148</sup> `iyr⁵⁸⁹² rekeb⁷³⁹³ melek⁴⁴²⁸ Yruwshalaim³³⁸⁹