4King Solomon ruled over Israel,H4428H8010H4428H34782and these were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok, priest;H8269H5838H1121H6659H35483Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, historian;H456H281H1121H7894H5608H3092H1121H286H21424Benaiah son of Jehoiada, in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar, priests;H1141H1121H3077H6635H6659H54H35485Azariah son of Nathan, in charge of the deputies; Zabud son of Nathan, a priest and adviser to the king;H5838H1121H5416H5324H2071H1121H5416H3548H4428H74636Ahishar, in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labor.H301H1004H141H1121H5653H45227Solomon had 12 deputies for all Israel. They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.H8010H8147H6240H5324H3478H3557H4428H1004H259H2320H8141H35578These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;H8034H1133H2022H6699Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;H1128H1857H4739H8169H1053H35810Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (he had Socoh and the whole land of Hepher);H1136H2618H700H7755H776H266011Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (Taphath daughter of Solomon was his wife);H1125H5299H1756H2955H1323H8010H80212Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, 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;H1195H1121H286H8590H4023H1052H681H6891H3157H1052H65H5676H336113Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, 60 great cities with walls and bronze bars);H1127H1568H7433H2333H2971H1121H4519H1568H2256H709H1316H8346H1419H5892H2346H5178H128014Ahinadab son of Iddo, [in] Mahanaim;H292H1121H5714H426615Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also had married a daughter of Solomon— Basemath);H290H5321H3947H1315H1323H8010H80216Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;H1195H1121H2365H836H117517Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;H3092H1121H6515H348518Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;H8096H1121H414H114419Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was one deputy in the land of Judah.H1398H1121H221H776H1568H776H5511H4428H567H5747H4428H1316H259H5333H77620Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; [they were] eating, drinking, and rejoicing.H3063H3478H7227H2344H3220H7230H398H8354H805621Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.H8010H4910H4467H5104H776H6430H1366H4714H5066H4503H5647H8010H3117H241622Solomon's provisions for one day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal,H8010H3899H259H3117H7970H3734H5560H8346H3734H70582310 fattened oxen, 20 range oxen, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,H6235H1277H1241H6242H1241H7471H3967H6629H354H6643H3180H75H125724for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders.H7287H5676H5104H8607H5804H4428H5676H5104H7965H5650H5676H543925Throughout Solomon's [reign], Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.H3063H3478H3427H983H376H1612H8384H1835H884H3117H801026Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.H8010H705H505H723H5483H4817H8147H6240H505H657127Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon's table. They neglected nothing.H5324H3557H4428H8010H7131H4428H8010H7979H376H2320H5737H169728Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment.H8184H8401H5483H7409H935H4725H376H494129God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as [vast] as the sand on the seashore.H430H5414H8010H2451H8394H3966H7235H7341H3820H2344H3220H819330Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.H8010H2451H7235H2451H1121H6924H2451H471431He was wiser than anyone— wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol. His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations.H2449H120H387H250H1968H3633H1862H1121H4235H8034H1471H543932Solomon composed 3,000 proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005.H1696H7969H505H4912H7892H505H256833He described trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall. He also taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.H1696H6086H730H3844H231H3318H7023H1696H929H5775H7431H170934People came from everywhere, [sent] by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, to listen to Solomon's wisdom.H935H5971H8085H2451H8010H4428H776H8085H2451
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