¶ So king Solomon was king over all Israel¹.

And these were the princes² which he had; Azariah³ the son of Zadok the priest⁴,

Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha⁵, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

And Benaiah⁸ the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok⁹ and Abiathar were the priests:

And Azariah the son of Nathan¹⁰ was over the officers¹¹: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's¹³ friend:

And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram¹⁴ the son of Abda was over the tribute.

And Solomon had twelve officers¹⁶ over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man¹⁷ his month in a year made provision.

And these are their names: The son of Hur¹⁸, in mount Ephraim:

The son of Dekar¹⁹, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:

¶ The son of Hesed²¹, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher²²:

The son of Abinadab²³, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach²⁴ and Megiddo²⁵, and all Bethshean²⁶, which is by Zartanah²⁷ beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah³⁰, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

The son of Geber³¹, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns³² of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob³³, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities³⁴ with walls and brasen bars:

Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim³⁵:

Ahimaaz was in Naphtali³⁶; he also took Basmath the daughter³⁷ of Solomon to wife:

Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher³⁸ and in Aloth:

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar³⁹:

Shimei⁴⁰ the son of Elah, in Benjamin⁴¹:

Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon⁴² king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

¶ Judah and Israel were many, as the sand⁴³ which is by the sea in multitude, eating⁴⁴ and drinking, and making merry.

And Solomon⁴⁵ reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought⁴⁶ presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

And Solomon's provision⁴⁷ for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

Ten fat⁴⁸ oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts⁴⁹, and roebucks⁵⁰, and fallowdeer⁵¹, and fatted fowl.

For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah⁵², over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace⁵⁴ on all sides round about him.

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely⁵⁵, every man⁵⁶ under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan⁵⁷ even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

And Solomon had forty thousand⁵⁸ stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

And those officers⁵⁹ provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries⁶⁰ brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

¶ And God⁶¹ gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness⁶² of heart, even as the sand⁶³ that is on the sea shore.

¶ And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children⁶⁴ of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt⁶⁵.

For he was wiser⁶⁶ than all men; than Ethan⁶⁷ the Ezrahite, and Heman⁶⁸, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame⁶⁹ was in all nations round about.

And he spake⁷⁰ three thousand proverbs: and his songs⁷¹ were a thousand and five.

And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree⁷² that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop⁷³ that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts⁷⁴, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

⁷⁵And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.