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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1King Solomon ruled over all Israel. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of the work crews. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8These were their names: Ben-Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Ben-Deker was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Ben-Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath.) |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of Taanach and Megiddo, as well as all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah and on past Jokmeam. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Ben-Geber was in charge of Ramoth Gilead; he controlled the tent villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan, including sixty large walled cities with bronze bars locking their gates. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Ahinadab son of Iddo was in charge of Mahanaim. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon's daughter Basemath.) |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Baana son of Hushai was in charge of Asher and Aloth. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was in charge of Issachar. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Shimei son of Ela was in charge of Benjamin. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Geber son of Uri was in charge of the land of Gilead (the territory which had once belonged to King Sihon of the Amorites and to King Og of Bashan). He was sole governor of the area. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon's subjects throughout his lifetime. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Each day Solomon's royal court consumed thirty cors of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal, |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23ten calves fattened in the stall, twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24His royal court was so large because he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon's lifetime. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32He composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34People from all nations came to hear Solomon's display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom. |
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