New Living Translation

New American Standard Bible 1995

1King Solomon now ruled over all Israel,

1Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.

2and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.

2These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;

3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were court secretaries. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.

3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

4Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

4and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

5Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan, a priest, was a trusted adviser to the king.

5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king's friend;

6Ahishar was manager of the palace property. Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of forced labor.

6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

7Solomon also had twelve district governors who were over all Israel. They were responsible for providing food for the king’s household. Each of them arranged provisions for one month of the year.

7Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year.

8These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim.

8These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

9Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan.

9Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth, including Socoh and all the land of Hepher.

10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh was his and all the land of Hepher);

11Ben-abinadab, in all of Naphoth-dor. (He was married to Taphath, one of Solomon’s daughters.)

11Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife);

12Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.

12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead, including the Towns of Jair (named for Jair of the tribe of Manasseh ) in Gilead, and in the Argob region of Bashan, including sixty large fortified towns with bronze bars on their gates.

13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his);

14Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim.

14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, another of Solomon’s daughters.)

15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);

16Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth.

16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

17Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar.

17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

18Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, including the territories of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan. There was also one governor over the land of Judah. Solomon’s Prosperity and Wisdom

19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.

20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They were very contented, with plenty to eat and drink.

20Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The conquered peoples of those lands sent tribute money to Solomon and continued to serve him throughout his lifetime.

21Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22The daily food requirements for Solomon’s palace were 150 bushels of choice flour and 300 bushels of meal ;

22Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,

23also 10 oxen from the fattening pens, 20 pasture-fed cattle, 100 sheep or goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roe deer, and choice poultry.

23ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

24Solomon’s dominion extended over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza. And there was peace on all his borders.

24For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace on all sides around about him.

25During the lifetime of Solomon, all of Judah and Israel lived in peace and safety. And from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, each family had its own home and garden.

25So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

26Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses, and he had 12,000 horses.

26Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.

27The district governors faithfully provided food for King Solomon and his court; each made sure nothing was lacking during the month assigned to him.

27Those deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon's table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking.

28They also brought the necessary barley and straw for the royal horses in the stables.

28They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.

29God gave Solomon very great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge as vast as the sands of the seashore.

29Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

30In fact, his wisdom exceeded that of all the wise men of the East and the wise men of Egypt.

30Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

31He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite and the sons of Mahol—Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.

31For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.

32He composed some 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs.

32He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

33He could speak with authority about all kinds of plants, from the great cedar of Lebanon to the tiny hyssop that grows from cracks in a wall. He could also speak about animals, birds, small creatures, and fish.

33He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.

34And kings from every nation sent their ambassadors to listen to the wisdom of Solomon.

34Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit //www.lockman.org