Kings III 4
1 And king Solomon reigned over Israel.
Now king Solomon was reigning over all of Israel.
2 And these [are] the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.
And these were the leaders that he had: Azariah, the son of Zadok, the priest;
3 Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder.
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, the scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, the keeper of records;
4 And Banaeas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests.
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, over the army; and Zadok, and Abiathar, priests;
5 And Ornia the son of Nathan [was] over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan [was] the king's friend.
Azariah, the son of Nathan, over those who were assisting the king; Zabud, the son of Nathan, the priest, the friend of the king;
6 And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the [chief] steward; and Eliab the son of Saph [was] over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute.
and Ahishar, first ruler of the house; and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one's turn came to supply for a month in the year.
And Solomon had twelve commanders over all of Israel, who offered yearly provisions for the king and his house. For each was ministering the necessities, by each month of the year.
8 And these [were] their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.
And these are their names: Benhur, on mount Ephraim;
9 The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.
Bendeker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon, and in Beth-hanan;
10 The son of Esdi in Araboth; his [was] Socho, and all the land of Opher.
Benhesed, in Arubboth: his was Socoh and the entire land of Hepher;
11 All Nephthador [belonged to] the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one.
Benabinadab, to whom was all of Naphath-Dor, who had Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, as wife;
12 Bana son of Achiluth [had] Ithaanach, and Mageddo, and [his was] the whole house of San which was by Sesathan below Esrae, and from Bethsan as far as Sabelmaula, as far as Maeber Lucam, one.
Baana, the son of Ahilud, who was reigning in Taanach, and Megiddo, and all of Bethshean, which is beside Zarethan and below Jezreel, from Bethshean as far as Abelmeholah, opposite Jokmeam;
13 The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him [fell] the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one.
Bengeber, in Ramoth Gilead, who had the town of Jair, the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; the same was first in the entire region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls that had bronze bars;
14 Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.
Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, who was first in Mahanaim;
15 Achimaas [was] in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali, and he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, in marriage;
16 Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,
Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Bealoth;
17 Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar.
Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.
Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, [the land] of Seon king of Esebon, and of Og king of Basan, and one officer in the land of Juda.
Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan, over all who were in that land.
20 And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and [they execute] every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing.
Judah and Israel were innumerable, like the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
21 And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.
Now Solomon had, in his dominion, all the kingdoms, from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt. And they offered gifts to him, and they served him all the days of his life.
22 And these [were] the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,
And the provisions of Solomon, for each day, were thirty cor of fine wheat flour, and sixty cor of meal,
23 and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.
ten fattened oxen, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred rams, aside from the venison of stags, roe deer, and gazelles, and fattened poultry.
24 For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.
For he had obtained the entire region which was beyond the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza, and all the kings of those regions. And he had peace on every side all around.
And so, Judah and Israel were living without any fear, each one under his own vine and under his own fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, during all the days of Solomon.
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand riding horses.
And the above-stated commanders of the king nourished these. And they also offered the necessities for the table of king Solomon, with immense diligence, each in his time.
Also, they brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden, to the place where the king was, just as it was appointed to them.
29 And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
And God gave wisdom to Solomon, and an exceedingly great prudence, and a spacious heart, like the sand which is on the shore of the sea.
30 And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.
And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the East, and of the Egyptians.
31 And he was wiser than all [other] men: and he was wiser than Gaethan the Zarite, and [than] Aenan, and [than] Chalcad and Darala the son of Mal.
And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And he was renowned in all the nations on every side.
32 And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.
Solomon also spoke three thousand parables. And his verses were one thousand and five.
33 And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.
And he discoursed about trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, to the hyssop which grows out from the wall. And he explained about beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fish.
34 And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and [ambassadors] from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom.
And they came from all the peoples in order to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who were hearing about his wisdom.
