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So king
Solomon was king over all Israel.
02 And these were the princes which he had;
Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
03 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha,
scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the
recorder.
04 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the
host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
05 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the
officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was
principal officer, and the king's friend:
06 And Ahishar was over the household: and
Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
07 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.
08 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in
mount Ephraim:
09 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.
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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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