1So king Solomon was king over all Israel . 2And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest , 3Elihoreph and Ahiah , the sons of Shisha , scribes ; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud , the recorder . 4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host : and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests : 5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers : and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer , and the king’s friend : 6And Ahishar was over the household : and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute .
The Prosperity of Solomon's Reign
7And 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 . 8And these are their names : The son of Hur , in mount Ephraim : 9The son of Dekar , in Makaz , and in Shaalbim , and Beth-shemesh , and Elon-beth-hanan : 10The son of Hesed , in Aruboth ; to him pertained Sochoh , and all the land of Hepher : 11The son of Abinadab , in all the region of Dor ; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife : 12Baana 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 : 13The 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 : 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim : 15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali ; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife : 16Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth : 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah , in Issachar : 18Shimei the son of Elah , in Benjamin : 19Geber 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 .
Solomon's Wisdom and Wealth
20Judah and Israel were many , as the sand which is by the sea in multitude , eating and drinking , and making merry . 21And 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 . 22And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour , and threescore measures of meal , 23Ten fat oxen , and twenty oxen out of the pastures , and an hundred sheep , beside harts , and roebucks , and fallowdeer , and fatted fowl . 24For 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. 25And 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 . 26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen . 27And 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 . 28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge .
The People of Israel
29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much , and largeness of heart , even as the sand that is on the sea shore . 30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country , and all the wisdom of Egypt . 31For 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 . 32And he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five . 33And he spake 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 . 34And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon , from all kings of the earth , which had heard of his wisdom .