1: So king Solomon was king over all Israel. |
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2: And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of
Zadok the priest, |
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Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, the recorder. |
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4: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok
and Abiathar were the priests: |
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5: And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud
the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: |
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6: And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of
Abda was over the tribute. |
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7: And 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. |
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8: And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
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9: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh,
and Elon-beth-hanan: |
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10: The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and
all the land of Hepher: |
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11: The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had
Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
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12: Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and
Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from
Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
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13: The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; 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: |
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14: Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: |
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15: Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of
Solomon to wife: |
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16: Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
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17: Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: |
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18: Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: |
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19: Geber 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. |
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20: Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea
in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. |
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21: And 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. |
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22: And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of
fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, |
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23: Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an
hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted
fowl. |
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24: For 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. |
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25: 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. |
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26: And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. |
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27: And 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. |
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28: Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought
they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his
charge. |
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29: And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much,
and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. |
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30: And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children
of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. |
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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 nations round about. |
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32: And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a
thousand and five. |
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33: And he ake 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. |
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34: And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. |