Solomon's prosperity and wisdom.

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 BethshemeshBeth-shemesh, and Elonbethhanan:Elon-beth-hanan;

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 BethsheanBeth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from BethsheanBeth-shean to AbelmeholahAbel-meholah, 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 brazen 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 ana hundred sheep, besidebesides harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeerfallow deer, 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 BeershebaBeer-sheba, 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 victualvictuals 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 shoreseashore.

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.