 1 King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 These were the rulers that he had: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha were the scribes. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud the recorder, 4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army. And Zadok and Abiathar were priests. 5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers, and Zabud the son of Nathan was the minister and the king's friend. 6 Ahishar was over the household. And Adoniram the son of Abda was over the forced labor. 7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had his month in a year to provide food. 8 These are their names: the son of Hur in Mount Ephraim; 9 the son of Dekar in Makaz and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan; 10 the son of Hesed, in Aruboth. To him was Sochoh and all the land of Hepher; 11 the son of Abinadab in all the height of Dor, Taphath the daughter of Solomon was a wife to him; 12 Baana the son of Ahilud to whom was Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean by Zartanah below Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah to the place that is beyond Jokneam; 13 the son of Geber in Ramothgilead. To him were the towns of Jair, Manasseh's son in Gilead. To him was the region of Argob in Bashan, 60 great cities with walls and bronze bars; 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim; 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali. He also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon for a wife; 16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth; 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah was in Issachar; 18 Shimei the son of Elah was in Benjamin; 19 Geber the son of Uri was in the land of Gilead, the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, and King Og of Bashan. And he was the only officer in the land; 20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand by the sea in multitude. Eating and drinking and making merry. 21 Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 Solomon's food for one day was 30 measures of fine flour and 60 measures of meal, 23 ten fat oxen and 20 oxen out of the pastures, and 100 sheep, besides harts and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fattened fowl. 24 For he had the rule over all on this side of the River, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the River. And he had peace on all sides all around him. 25 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 26 Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 27 Those officers provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon's table, every man in his month. They did not lack anything. 28 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and mules, to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. 29 God gave Solomon exceeding great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore. 30 Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men. Than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame was in all nations all around. 32 He spoke 3,000 proverbs and a thousand and five songs. 33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar tree in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish. 34 There came from all the people, to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
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