King Solomon had 40,000 stables and 20,000 horsemen. This implies many more than 40k horses. Add to this breeding stock, training and support animals, etc.

1 Kings 4:32 says Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and 1005 songs. There aren't nearly that many in the Bible. Was this just a big, round number for effect or are we missing a few volumes of his writings? Probably both, I think.

Do descriptions of Solomon's gold and armies represent accumulation of wealth and power despite great wealth? Would he have had much more if he had tried? How else to reconcile apparent disobedience to Torah with the descriptions of great wisdom?