Book 1 Kings 3

The Book of 1 Kings

Chapter 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, therecorder.

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 wasprincipal 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 madeprovision.

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 allBethshean, 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 brazen 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 anddrinking, 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 hischarge.

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.
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