- So King Solomon ruled over ... Israel ,
and these were his chief officials - Azariah son of Zadok (was) the priest ;
Elihoreph and Ahijah , the sons of Shisha , (were) secretaries ; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud (was) the recorder ;
Benaiah son of Jehoiada (was) in charge of the army ; Zadok and Abiathar (were) priests ;
Azariah son of Nathan (was) in charge of the governors ; Zabud son of Nathan (was) a priest and adviser to the king ;
Ahishar (was) in charge of the palace ; and Adoniram son of Abda (was) in charge of the forced labor.
Solomon had twelve ... governors over all Israel to provide food - for the king - and his household. (Each) one would arrange provisions for one month of the year , ... ...
and these were their names : vvv Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim ;
vvv Ben-deker in Makaz , in Shaalbim , vvv in Beth-shemesh , vvv vvv and in Elon-beth-hanan ;
Ben-hesed in Arubboth ( Socoh and all the land of Hepher
vvv Ben-abinadab vvv vvv in Naphath-dor (Taphath , a daughter of Solomon , was wife ) ;
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach , in Megiddo , and in all vvv of Beth-shean - next to Zarethan below Jezreel , from Beth-shean to vvv Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam ;
vvv Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead ( the villages of Jair son of Manasseh - - in Gilead as well as the region of Argob - in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars ) ;
Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim ;
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he - had married - - Basemath , a daughter of Solomon ) ;
Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth ;
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar ;
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin ;
Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead , including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one - governor in the land (of Judah).
(The people of) Judah and Israel ... (were) as numerous as the sand - on the seashore , and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
And Solomon ... reigned over all the kingdoms from the (Euphrates) to the land of the Philistines , as far as the border of Egypt. (These kingdoms) offered tribute and served - Solomon all the days of his life.
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour , sixty cors of meal ,
ten fat oxen , twenty range oxen , and a hundred sheep , as well as deer , gazelles , roebucks , and fattened poultry.
For (Solomon) had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates — over all the kingdoms - - from Tiphsah to Gaza — and he had peace on all ... sides.
Throughout the days of Solomon , Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to vvv Beersheba , each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
Solomon had 4,000 {} ... stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 ... ... horses.
Each month - - the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon - and all who came to (his) ... table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking ....
Each one also brought to the required place - - ... their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
And God gave Solomon wisdom , exceedingly deep insight , and understanding beyond measure , like the sand - on the seashore ....
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than (that) of all the men of the East , greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
He was wiser than all men — wiser than Ethan the Ezra -hite , and wiser than Heman , Calcol , and Darda , the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs , and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
He spoke of trees , from the cedar - in Lebanon to the hyssop - growing in the wall , and he taught about animals , ... birds , ... reptiles , ... and fish.
So men of all nations came to listen - to Solomon’s ... wisdom , sent by all the kings of the earth , who had heard - of his wisdom.