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* So King Solomon was king over all Israel . * And these were his officials : Azariah the son of Zadok , the priest ; * Elihoreph and Ahijah , the sons of Shisha , scribes ; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud , the recorder ; * Benaiah the son of Jehoiada , over the army ; Zadok and Abiathar , the priests ; * Azariah the son of Nathan , over the officers ; Zabud the son of Nathan , a priest and the king 's friend ; * Ahishar , over the household ; and Adoniram the son of Abda , over the labor force . * And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel , who provided food for the king and his household ; each one made provision for one month of the year . * These are their names : Ben-Hur , in the mountains of Ephraim ; * Ben-Deker , in Makaz , Shaalbim , Beth Shemesh , and Elon Beth Hanan ; * Ben-Hesed , in Arubboth ; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher ; * Ben-Abinadab , in all the regions of Dor ; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife ; * Baana the son of Ahilud , in Taanach , Megiddo , and all Beth Shean , which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel , from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah , as far as the other side of Jokneam ; * Ben-Geber , in Ramoth Gilead ; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh , in Gilead ; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan--sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars ; * Ahinadab the son of Iddo , in Mahanaim ; * Ahimaaz , in Naphtali ; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife ; * Baanah the son of Hushai , in Asher and Aloth ; * Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah , in Issachar ; * Shimei the son of Elah , in Benjamin ; * Geber the son of Uri , in the land of Gilead , in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites , and of Og king of Bashan . He was the only governor who was in the land . * Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude , eating and drinking and rejoicing . * So Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines , as far as the border of Egypt . They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life . * Now Solomon 's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour , sixty kors of meal , * ten fatted oxen , twenty oxen from the pastures , and one hundred sheep , besides deer , gazelles , roebucks , and fatted fowl . * For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza , namely over all the kings on this side of the River ; and he had peace on every side all around him . * And Judah and Israel dwelt safely , each man under his vine and his fig tree , from Dan as far as Beersheba , all the days of Solomon . * Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen . * And these governors , each man in his month , provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon 's table . There was no lack in their supply . * They also brought barley and straw to the proper place , for the horses and steeds , each man according to his charge . * And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding , and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore . * Thus Solomon 's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt . * For he was wiser than all men--than Ethan the Ezrahite , and Heman , Chalcol , and Darda , the sons of Mahol ; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations . * He spoke three thousand proverbs , and his songs were one thousand and five . * Also he spoke of trees , from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall ; he spoke also of animals , of birds , of creeping things , and of fish . * And men of all nations , from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom , came to hear the wisdom of Solomon .

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