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1 So king Solomon was king
over all Israel.
2 And these were the princes which
he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha,
scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was
over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was
over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and
the king’s friend:
6 And Ahishar was over the
household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all
Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his
month in a year made provision.
8 And 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 pertained
Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region
of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him
pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by
Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the
place that is beyond Jokneam:
13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to
him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in
Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in
Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had
Mahanaim:
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also
took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in
Asher and in Aloth:
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in
Issachar:
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
19 Geber the son of Uri was in the
country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of
Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the
land.
20 Judah and Israel were
many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking,
and making merry.
21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms
from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt:
they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 And Solomon’s provision for one day
was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of
the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer,
and fatted fowl.
24 For he had dominion over all the
region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the
kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely,
every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all
the days of Solomon.
26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls
of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 And those officers provided victual for
king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in
his month: they lacked nothing.
28 Barley also and straw for the horses
and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were,
every man according to his charge.
29 And God gave Solomon
wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the
sand that is on the sea shore.
30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the
wisdom of all the children of the east country, 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: and
his fame was in all nations round about.
32 And he spake three thousand proverbs:
and his songs were a thousand and five.
33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar
tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the
wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of
fishes.
34 And there came of all people to hear
the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his
wisdom.
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