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.