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Solomon’s Officials

4King Solomon was king over all Israel,H4428H8010H4428H34782and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;H8269H5838H1121H6659H35483Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;H456H281H1121H7894H5608H3092H1121H286H21424Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;H1141H1121H3077H6635H6659H54H35485Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend;H5838H1121H5416H5324H2071H1121H5416H3548H4428H74636Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.H301H1004H141H1121H5653H45227Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year.H8010H8147H6240H5324H3478H3557H4428H1004H259H2320H8141H35578These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;H8034H1133H2022H6699Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;H1128H1857H4739H8169H1053H35810Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);H1136H2618H700H7755H776H266011Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);H1125H5299H1756H2955H1323H8010H80212Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and 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 the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);H1127H1568H7433H2333H2971H1121H4519H1568H2256H709H1316H8346H1419H5892H2346H5178H128014Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;H292H1121H5714H426615Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);H290H5321H3947H1315H1323H8010H80216Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;H1195H1121H2365H836H117517Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;H3092H1121H6515H348518Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;H8096H1121H414H114419Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one governor who was over the land.H1398H1121H221H776H1568H776H5511H4428H567H5747H4428H1316H259H5333H776

Solomon’s Wealth and Wisdom

20Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.H3063H3478H7227H2344H3220H7230H398H8354H805621Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.H8010H4910H4467H5104H776H6430H1366H4714H5066H4503H5647H8010H3117H241622Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,H8010H3899H259H3117H7970H3734H5560H8346H3734H705823ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.H6235H1277H1241H6242H1241H7471H3967H6629H354H6643H3180H75H125724For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. And he had peace on all sides around him.H7287H5676H5104H8607H5804H4428H5676H5104H7965H5650H5676H543925And Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beersheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.H3063H3478H3427H983H376H1612H8384H1835H884H3117H801026Solomon also had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.H8010H705H505H723H5483H4817H8147H6240H505H657127And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon's table, each one in his month. They let nothing be lacking.H5324H3557H4428H8010H7131H4428H8010H7979H376H2320H5737H169728Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.H8184H8401H5483H7409H935H4725H376H494129And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,H430H5414H8010H2451H8394H3966H7235H7341H3820H2344H3220H819330so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.H8010H2451H7235H2451H1121H6924H2451H471431For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.H2449H120H387H250H1968H3633H1862H1121H4235H8034H1471H543932He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.H1696H7969H505H4912H7892H505H256833He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.H1696H6086H730H3844H231H3318H7023H1696H929H5775H7431H170934And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.H935H5971H8085H2451H8010H4428H776H8085H2451