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| 1And so King Solomon ruled over all of Israel. | 1So king Solomon was king over all Israel. |
| 2Here's a list of his officials: Zadok's son Azariah was priest, | 2And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, |
| 3Shisha's sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were his secretaries, Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat was recorder, | 3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. |
| 4Jehoiada's son Benaiah commanded the army, Zadok and Abiathar served as priests, | 4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: |
| 5Nathan's son Azariah supervised the governors, Nathan's son Zabud the priest was the king's counselor, | 5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: |
| 6Ahishar supervised palace matters, and Abda's son Adoniram supervised conscripted labor. | 6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. |
| 7Solomon also appointed twelve governors over all of Israel, each of whom were responsible for providing one month's food provisions to the king and to his administration during each year. | 7And 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. |
| 8Here's a list of their names: Ben-hur from the hill country of Ephraim; | 8And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: |
| 9Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan; | 9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: |
| 10Ben-hesed served in Arubboth (where he supervised Socoh and all of the territory of Hepher); | 10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: |
| 11Ben-abinadab supervised the Dor heights (Solomon's daughter Taphath was his wife); | 11The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
| 12Ahilud's son Baana served Taanach, Megiddo, and all of Beth-shean near Zarethan below Jezreel, including from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam; | 12Baana 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: |
| 13Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead, including the towns that belonged to Manasseh's descendant Jair that are in Gilead; | 13The 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: |
| 14Iddo's son Ahinadab served in Mahanaim; | 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: |
| 15Ahimaaz served in Naphtali (he was married to Solomon's daughter Basemath); | 15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
| 16Hushai's son Baana served in Asher and Bealoth; | 16Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: |
| 17Paruah's son Jehoshaphat served in Issachar; | 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: |
| 18Ela's son Shimei served in Benjamin; | 18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: |
| 19and Uri's son Geber served in the territory of Gilead, the territory formerly ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan (he was the only governor over that territory). | 19Geber 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. |
| 20Judah and Israel became as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They enjoyed abundance, and ate, drank, and rejoiced regularly. | 20Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. |
| 21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the territory of the Philistines and south to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon throughout his lifetime. | 21And 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. |
| 22Solomon's daily provisions were 30 kors of fine flour, 60 kors of meal, | 22And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, |
| 23ten fattened oxen, 20 pasture-fed cattle, 100 sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and domestic poultry. | 23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. |
| 24He ruled over everything west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all of the kings west of the Euphrates River, and he enjoyed peace on all sides around him. | 24For 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. |
| 25Judah and Israel lived safely, and everyone enjoyed their own vine and fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba through all of Solomon's life. | 25And 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. |
| 26Solomon owned 40,000 stalls for the horses that drove his chariots, and he employed 12,000 men to drive them. | 26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. |
| 27His officers supplied provisions for King Solomon and for everyone who visited King Solomon's palace, each in their respective month of service responsibility. Nothing ever ran out. | 27And 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. |
| 28They also provided barley and straw for the horses and camels to their respective locations, each consistent with their responsibilities. | 28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. |
| 29God gave Solomon wisdom and great discernment. His insights were as numerous as sand on the seashore. | 29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. |
| 30Solomon was wiser than any of the eastern leaders and wiser than anyone in Egypt. | 30And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. |
| 31He was wiser than anyone of his day—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, and wiser than Mahol's sons Calcol and Darda. His reputation was known throughout the surrounding nations. | 31For 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. |
| 32Solomon wrote 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs. | 32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. |
| 33He described trees—everything from cedars that grow in Lebanon to hyssop that grows on a garden wall. He described animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. | 33And 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. |
| 34People came from everywhere to hear Solomon's advice. Every king on the earth heard of his wisdom. | 34And 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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