1And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2And these were his princes, Azariah the son of Zadok the Priest,
3Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, Scribes, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the Recorder,
4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host, and Zadok and Abiathar, Priests,
5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers, and Zabud the son of Nathan, Priest, was the king’s friend,
6And Ahishar was over the household, and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had a month in the year to provide victuals.
8And these are their names: the son of Hur in mount Ephraim:
9The son of Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim and Beth Shemesh, and Elon and Beth Hanan:
10The son of Hesed in Arubboth, to whom pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
11The son of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife.
12Baana the son of Ahilud in Taanach, and Megiddo, and in all Beth Shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, even till beyond over against Jokneam:
13The son of Geber in Ramoth Gilead, and his were the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and under him was the region of Argob, which is in Bashan: threescore great cities with walls and bars of brass.
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had to Mahanaim:
15Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16Baanah the son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth:
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar:
18Shimei the son of Elah in Benjamin:
19Geber the son of Uri in the country of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan, and was officer alone in the land.
20Judah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.
21And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms, from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22And Solomon’s victuals for one day were thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal:
23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, besides harts, and bucks, and bugles, and fat fowl.
24For he ruled in all the region on the other side of the River, from Tiphsah even unto Gaza, over all the kings on the other side the River: and he had peace round about him on every side.
25And Judah and Israel dwelt without fear every man under his vine, and under his fig tree, from Dan, even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27And these officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came to king Solomon’s table, every man his month, and they suffered to lack nothing.
28Barley also and straw for the horses and mules, brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and a large heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore,
30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the East, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31For he was wiser than any man: yea, than were Ethan the Ezrahite, than Heman, than Chalcol, than Darda the sons of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about.
32And Solomon spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
33And 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 fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
34And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.