1 Kings - 4

1 - So king Solomon - was king over all Israel - .

2 - And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

3 - Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

4 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

5 - And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:

6 - And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

7 - And Solomon - had twelve officers over all Israel - , which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

8 - And these are their names: The son of Hur - , in mount Ephraim - :

9 - The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:

10 - The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

11 - The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon - to wife:

12 - Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

13 - The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh - , which are in Gilead - ; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

14 - Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim - :

15 - Ahimaaz was in Naphtali - ; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon - to wife:

16 - Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher - and in Aloth:

17 - Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar - :

18 - Shimei the son of Elah - , in Benjamin - :

19 - Geber the son of Uri - was in the country of Gilead - , in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

20 - Judah - and Israel - were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

21 - And Solomon - reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt - : they brought presents, and served Solomon - all the days of his life.

22 - And Solomon - 's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

23 - Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

24 - For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

25 - And Judah - and Israel - dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan - even to Beersheba - , all the days of Solomon - .

26 - And Solomon - had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

27 - And those officers provided victual for king Solomon - , and for all that came unto king Solomon - 's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

28 - Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

29 - And God gave Solomon - wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

30 - And Solomon - 's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt - .

31 - For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

32 - And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

33 - And 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 fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

34 - And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon - , from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.