I Kings Chapter 4

I Kings Chapter 4
1 And king Solomon was king over all
Israel.
2 And these were his princes, Azariah
the son of Zadok the priest, 3 Elihoreph
and Ahijah 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
priests,
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was
over the officers, and Zabud the son of
Nathan priest was 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
had a month in the year to provide
victuals.
8 And these are their names: the son of
Hur in mount Ephraim:
9 The son of Dekar in Makaz, and in
Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, and Elon
and Beth-hanan:
10 The son of Hesed in Aruboth, to
whom 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 in Taanach,
and Megiddo, and in all Beth-shean,
which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel,
from Beth-shean to Abelmeholah, even
till beyond over against Jokneam:
13 The son of Geber in Ramoth Gilead,
and his were the towns of Jair, the son of
Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and
under him was the region of Argob,
which is in Bashan: threescore great
cities with walls and bars of brass.
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had to
Mahanaim:
15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he took
Basemath the daughter of Solomon to
wife:
16 Baanah the son of Hushai 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 in the country of
Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the
Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan, and
was officer alone in the land. 20 Judah
and Israel were many, as the sand of the
sea in number, eating, 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, and they brought presents, and
served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 And Solomon's victuals for one day
were thirty measures of fine flour, and
threescore measures of meal:
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen of the
pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside
harts, and bucks, and bugles, and fat
fowl.
24 For he ruled in all the region on the
other side of the river, from Tiphsah
even unto Azzah, over all the kings on
the other side the river: and he had
peace round about him on every side.
25 And Judah and Israel dwelt without
fear, every man under his vine, and
under his fig tree, from Dan, even to
Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 26
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls
of horses for his chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen.
27 And these officers provided victual
for king Solomon, and for all that came
to king Solomon's table, every man his
month, and they suffered to lack nothing.
28 Barley also and straw for the horses
and mules 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 a
large heart, even as the sand that is on
the seashore,
30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the
wisdom of all the children of the east
and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 For he was wiser than any man: yea,
than were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman,
than Chalcol, than Darda the sons of
Mahol: and he was famous throughout
all nations round about.
32 And Solomon 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 fowls, 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.