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1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
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2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
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3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
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4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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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:
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6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
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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.
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8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
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9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
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10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
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11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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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:
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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:
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14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
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15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
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17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
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18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
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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.
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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.
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22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
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23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
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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.
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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.
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26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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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.
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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.
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29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
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30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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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.
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32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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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.
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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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- 1 Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.
- 2 These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;
- 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- 4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king's friend;
- 6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
- 7 Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year.
- 8 These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
- 9 Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
- 10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh was his and all the land of Hepher);
- 11 Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife);
- 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
- 13 Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his);
- 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
- 15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
- 16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
- 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
- 18 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
- 19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.
- 20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- 21 Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- 22 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,
- 23 ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
- 24 For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace on all sides around about him.
- 25 So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and 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 deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon's table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking.
- 28 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.
- 29 Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.
- 30 Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
- 31 For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.
- 32 He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
- 33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.
- 34 Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
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