riches of Solomon

"More precious than the riches of Solomon is a deed done in your name?"

It is reserved for wealthy nations, and for sovereigns who may possess the riches of Solomon without being endowed with his wisdom.

Was this compatible with the extravagant pictures he had drawn of the wealth of the island, and its golden mountains, in which he had pretended to find the Ophir of ancient days, the source of all the riches of Solomon?