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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 son
s
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
E
than
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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