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1 Kings vi., vii. 13-51; 2 Chron. iii. 4, 10.
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A similar vessel of stone, 30 feet in circumference, adorned with the image of a bull, lies among the fragments of Amathus in Cyprus: O. Müller, "Archæologie," § 240, Anm. 4.
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1 Kings ix. 25.
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1 Kings vii. 1-12.
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1 Kings x. 12; 2 Chron. ix. 11.
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1 Kings vii. 7.
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1 Kings x. 18-20.
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The Song of Solomon says, "There are 60 queens, 80 concubines, and maids without number."
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1 Kings ix. 10, 24.
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1 Kings ix. 15-19.
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1 Kings xi. 27; ix. 15-24.
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1 Kings iv. 26; x. 26.
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1 Kings iv. 20, 25; v. 4.
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1 Kings ix. 19.
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1 Kings x. 29.
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1 Kings ix. 26-28; x. 22.
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Judges xvii. 10. The Hebrew silver shekel is to be reckoned at more than 2s. 6d.; the gold shekel from 36 to 45s. Cf. Vol. i. 304.
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2 Sam. xxiv. 24.
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Song of Solomon viii. 11; cf. Mover's "Phœnizier," 3, 48 ff, 81 ff.
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1 Kings x. 14.
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1 Kings ix. 19.
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1 Kings x. 21; 2 Chron. ix. 20.
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Song of Solomon iii. 7-10.
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1 Kings x. 27.
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1 Kings x. 27.