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1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 These were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok
was the priest.
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were court scribes.
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the court recorder.
4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was commander over the army.
Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the district governors.
Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and the king's personal advisor.
6 Ahishar was manager of the palace. Adoniram the son of Abda
was in charge of the forced labor.

7 Solomon had twelve district governors over all Israel, who were
responsible for providing food for the king and his household.
Each one had to supply provisions for a month in the year.
8 These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth, including Socoh and all the land of Hepher;
11 Ben-abinadab, in all the Naphath-Dor, who married Taphath,
Solomon’s daughter;
12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shan
near Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shan to Abel Meholah,
and beyond Jokmeam;
13 Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead he was over the towns of Jair the
son of Manasseh in Gilead; along with the region of Argob in Bashan,
sixty large towns with walls and bronze gate bars;
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali who married Basemath, Solomon’s daughter;
16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, including the former
territory of Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan.
He was the only governor over that area.
20 The people Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand
of the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.

21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River
to the land of the Philistines, down to the border of Egypt.
These kingdoms brought tribute and served Solomon all the
days of his life.
22 Solomon's provision for one day was 150 bushels of fine
flour, and 300 bushels of meal,
23 ten pen-fattened cattle, and twenty pasture-fed cattle,
and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks,
and fattened poultry.
24 He ruled over all kingdoms west of the Euphrates River,
from Tiphsah to Gaza, and had peace on all sides around him.
25 During Solomon’s lifetime, Judah and Israel lived in safety,
everyone under his vine and fig tree.
26 Solomon had 40,000 stalls for his chariot horses,
and 12,000 horsemen.
27 The district governors supplied provisions for king Solomon,
and for all who came to king Solomon's table, each one in
his month; they made sure nothing was lacking.
28 They also brought to the required place barley and straw
for the chariot horses and other horses, each according
to his charge.

29 God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and breadth
of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.
30 Solomon's wisdom surpassed all the wise men of the east,
and all the sages of Egypt.
31 He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite,
Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame spread
throughout all the surrounding nations.
32 He spoke 3,000 proverbs and composed 1005 songs.
33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even
to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke about
animals, birds, creeping things and fish.
34 People came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

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