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CHAPTER 4

So King

Solomon

ruled

over

Israel,

and these

were his chief officials:

Azariah

son

of Zadok

was the priest;

Elihoreph

and Ahijah,

the sons

of Shisha,

were secretaries;

Jehoshaphat

son

of Ahilud

was the recorder;

Benaiah

son

of Jehoiada

was in charge of

the army;

Zadok

and Abiathar

were priests;

Azariah

son

of Nathan

was in charge of

the governors;

Zabud

son

of Nathan

was a priest

and adviser

to the king;

Ahishar

was in charge of

the palace;

and Adoniram

son

of Abda

was in charge of

the labor force.

Solomon

had twelve

governors

over

all

Israel

to provide food

for the king

and his household.

Each one

would arrange provisions

for one month

of the year,

and these

were their names:

Ben-hur,

in the hill country

of Ephraim;

Ben-deker

in Makaz,

Shaalbim,

Beth-shemesh,

and Elon-beth-hanan;

Ben-hesed

in Arubboth

(Socoh

and all

the land

of Hepher

belonged to him);

Ben-abinadab

in Naphath-dor

(Taphath,

a daughter

of Solomon,

was

his wife);

Baana

son

of Ahilud,

in Taanach,

Megiddo,

and all

of Beth-shean

next to

Zarethan

below

Jezreel,

from

Beth-shean

to

Abel-meholah

and on past

Jokmeam;

Ben-geber

in Ramoth-gilead

(the villages

of Jair

son of Manasseh

in Gilead

belonged to him,

as well as the region

of Argob

in Bashan

with its sixty

great

cities

with walls

and bronze

bars);

Ahinadab

son

of Iddo,

in Mahanaim;

Ahimaaz

in Naphtali

(he

had married

Basemath,

a daughter

of Solomon);

Baana

son

of Hushai

in Asher

and in Aloth;

Jehoshaphat

son

of Paruah

in Issachar;

Shimei

son

of Ela

in Benjamin;

Geber

son

of Uri

in the land

of Gilead,

the country

of Sihon

king

of the Amorites

and of Og

king

of Bashan.

He was the only

governor

in the land of Judah.

Judah

and Israel

became as numerous

as the sand

by

the sea,

eating

and drinking

and rejoicing.

And Solomon

reigned

over all

the kingdoms

from

the Euphrates

to the land

of the Philistines,

as far as

the border

of Egypt.

These kingdoms offered

tribute

and served

Solomon

all

the days

of his life.

Solomon’s

provisions

for a single

day

were

thirty

cors

of fine flour,

sixty

cors

of meal,

ten

fat

oxen,

twenty

range

oxen,

and a hundred

sheep,

as well as

deer,

gazelles,

roebucks,

and fattened

poultry.

For

Solomon

had dominion

over everything

west

of the Euphrates—

over all

the kingdoms

from Tiphsah

to

Gaza—

and he had

peace

on all

sides.

Throughout

the days

of Solomon,

Judah

and Israel

lived

in safety

from Dan

to

Beersheba,

each man

under

his own vine

and

his own fig tree.

Solomon

had

four

thousand

stalls

for his chariot

horses

and twelve

thousand

horses.

Each

month

the governors

in turn provided food

for King

Solomon

and all

who came

to

his

table.

They saw to it that

nothing was lacking.

Each one

also brought

to

the required place

their quotas

of barley

and straw

for the chariot horses

and other horses.

And God

gave

Solomon

wisdom,

exceedingly

deep

insight,

and understanding

beyond measure,

like the sand

on

the seashore.

Solomon’s

wisdom

was greater than

that

of all

the men

of the East,

greater than all

the wisdom

of Egypt.

He was wiser

than all

men—

wiser than Ethan

the Ezrahite,

and wiser than Heman,

Calcol,

and Darda,

the sons

of Mahol.

And his fame

spread

throughout

the surrounding

nations.

Solomon composed

three

thousand

proverbs,

and his songs

numbered

a thousand

and five.

He spoke

of trees,

from

the cedar

in Lebanon

to

the hyssop

growing

in the wall,

and he taught

about

animals,

birds,

reptiles,

and fish.

So men of all

nations

came

to listen

to Solomon’s

wisdom,

sent by all

the kings

of the earth

when they heard

of his wisdom.

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