Kings III 4
1 And king Solomon reigned over Israel.
And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And these [are] the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.
And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;
3 Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder.
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, chronicler;
4 And Banaeas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 And Ornia the son of Nathan [was] over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan [was] the king's friend.
and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;
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 was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.
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 superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
8 And these [were] their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.
And these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.
9 The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.
Ben-Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-Beth-hanan.
10 The son of Esdi in Araboth; his [was] Socho, and all the land of Opher.
Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; he had Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher.
11 All Nephthador [belonged to] the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one.
Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his 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 had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam.
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.
Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.
14 Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.
Ahinadab the son of Iddo, at Mahanaim.
15 Achimaas [was] in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.
Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
16 Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,
Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth.
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, the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and of Og the king of Bashan; and [he was] the only superintendent that was in the 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 many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
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.
And Solomon ruled over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon 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 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
23 and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.
ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.
24 For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.
For he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gazah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting.
And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.
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 Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
30 And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
32 And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.
And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a 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 spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
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 there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
