VIN(i)
1 And king Solomon reigned over all Israel:
2 Now, these, were his chief officers of state,—Azariah son of Zadok, the priest;
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, scribes,—Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada, over the army,—and Zadok and Abiathar priests;
5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the governors, and Zabud the son of Nathan was a priest, an advisor to the king.
6 Ahishar was over the palace, and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the forced labor.
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel who provided provisions for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
8 These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
10 Ben-Hesed was in the Arubbot; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were his.
11 Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
13 Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, has the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; he has a portion of Argob that [is] in Bashan, sixty great cities [with] wall and brazen bar.
14 Ahinadab son of Iddo [has] Mahanaim.
15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
16 Baana, son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth:
17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar:
18 Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.
20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They ate and drank and were very happy.
21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 Solomon's daily provisions were 30 kors of fine flour, 60 kors of meal,
23 Also needed were ten stall-fed cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fowl (cuckoo).
24 For he had dominion on this side of the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.
25 As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
26 Solomon had forty thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand cavalry horses.
27 And those officers provided provisions for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
28 Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw as needed for the chariot horses and the work animals.
29 God gave Solomon wisdom and exceptional insight, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
30 And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and than 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 the surrounding nations.
32 He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five.
33 He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
34 People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.