Dual Panel1So king <04428> Solomon <08010> was king <04428> over all Israel <03478>_.
2And these [were] the princes <08269> which he had; Azariah <05838> the son <01121> of Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>_, {priest: or, chief officer}
3Elihoreph <0456> and Ahiah <0281>_, the sons <01121> of Shisha <07894>_, scribes <05608> (8802)_; Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Ahilud <0286>_, the recorder <02142> (8688)_. {scribes: or, secretaries} {recorder: or, remembrancer}
4And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> [was] over the host <06635>_: and Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> [were] the priests <03548>_:
5And Azariah <05838> the son <01121> of Nathan <05416> [was] over the officers <05324> (8737)_: and Zabud <02071> the son <01121> of Nathan <05416> [was] principal officer <03548>_, [and] the king's <04428> friend <07463>_:
6And Ahishar <0301> [was] over the household <01004>_: and Adoniram <0141> the son <01121> of Abda <05653> [was] over the tribute <04522>_. {tribute: or, levy}
7And Solomon <08010> had twelve <08147> <06240> officers <05324> (8737) over all Israel <03478>_, which provided victuals <03557> (8773) for the king <04428> and his household <01004>_: each man <0259> his month <02320> in a year <08141> made provision <03557> (8771)_.
8And these [are] their names <08034>_: The son of Hur <01133>_, in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>_: {The son...: or, Benhur}
9The son of Dekar <01128> (8677) <01857>_, in Makaz <04739>_, and in Shaalbim <08169>_, and Bethshemesh <01053>_, and Elonbethhanan <0358>_: {The son...: or, Bendekar}
10The son of Hesed <01136> (8676) <02618>_, in Aruboth <0700>_; to him [pertained] Sochoh <07755>_, and all the land <0776> of Hepher <02660>_: {The son...: or, Benhesed}
11The son of Abinadab <01125>_, in all the region <05299> of Dor <01756>_; which had Taphath <02955> the daughter <01323> of Solomon <08010> to wife <0802>_: {The son...: or, Benabinadab}
12Baana <01195> the son <01121> of Ahilud <0286>_; [to him pertained] Taanach <08590> and Megiddo <04023>_, and all Bethshean <01052>_, which [is] by <0681> Zartanah <06891> beneath Jezreel <03157>_, from Bethshean <01052> to Abelmeholah <065>_, [even] unto [the place that is] beyond <05676> Jokneam <03361>_:
13The son of Geber <01127>_, in Ramothgilead <01568> <07433>_; to him [pertained] the towns <02333> of Jair <02971> the son <01121> of Manasseh <04519>_, which [are] in Gilead <01568>_; to him [also pertained] the region <02256> of Argob <0709>_, which [is] in Bashan <01316>_, threescore <08346> great <01419> cities <05892> with walls <02346> and brasen <05178> bars <01280>_: {The son...: or, Bengeber}
14Ahinadab <0292> the son <01121> of Iddo <05714> [had] Mahanaim <04266>_: {Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim}
15Ahimaaz <0290> [was] in Naphtali <05321>_; he also took <03947> (8804) Basmath <01315> the daughter <01323> of Solomon <08010> to wife <0802>_:
16Baanah <01195> the son <01121> of Hushai <02365> [was] in Asher <0836> and in Aloth <01175>_:
17Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Paruah <06515>_, in Issachar <03485>_:
18Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Elah <0414>_, in Benjamin <01144>_:
19Geber <01398> the son <01121> of Uri <0221> [was] in the country <0776> of Gilead <01568>_, [in] the country <0776> of Sihon <05511> king <04428> of the Amorites <0567>_, and of Og <05747> king <04428> of Bashan <01316>_; and [he was] the only <0259> officer <05333> which [was] in the land <0776>_.
20Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> [were] many <07227>_, as the sand <02344> which [is] by the sea <03220> in multitude <07230>_, eating <0398> (8802) and drinking <08354> (8802)_, and making merry <08056>_.
21And Solomon <08010> reigned <04910> (8802) over all kingdoms <04467> from the river <05104> unto the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>_, and unto the border <01366> of Egypt <04714>_: they brought <05066> (8688) presents <04503>_, and served <05647> (8802) Solomon <08010> all the days <03117> of his life <02416>_.
22And Solomon's <08010> provision <03899> for one <0259> day <03117> was thirty <07970> measures <03734> of fine flour <05560>_, and threescore <08346> measures <03734> of meal <07058>_, {provision: Heb. bread} {measures: Heb. cors}
23Ten <06235> fat <01277> oxen <01241>_, and twenty <06242> oxen <01241> out of the pastures <07471>_, and an hundred <03967> sheep <06629>_, beside harts <0354>_, and roebucks <06643>_, and fallowdeer <03180>_, and fatted <075> (8803) fowl <01257>_.
24For he had dominion <07287> (8802) over all [the region] on this side <05676> the river <05104>_, from Tiphsah <08607> even to Azzah <05804>_, over all the kings <04428> on this side <05676> the river <05104>_: and he had peace <07965> on all sides <05650> (8676) <05676> round about <05439> him.
25And Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> dwelt <03427> (8799) safely <0983>_, every man <0376> under his vine <01612> and under his fig tree <08384>_, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>_, all the days <03117> of Solomon <08010>_. {safely: Heb. confidently}
26And Solomon <08010> had forty <0705> thousand <0505> stalls <0723> of horses <05483> for his chariots <04817>_, and twelve <08147> <06240> thousand <0505> horsemen <06571>_.
27And those officers <05324> (8737) provided victual <03557> (8773) for king <04428> Solomon <08010>_, and for all that came <07131> unto king <04428> Solomon's <08010> table <07979>_, every man <0376> in his month <02320>_: they lacked <05737> (8762) nothing <01697>_.
28Barley <08184> also and straw <08401> for the horses <05483> and dromedaries <07409> brought <0935> (8686) they unto the place <04725> where [the officers] were, every man <0376> according to his charge <04941>_. {dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts}
29And God <0430> gave <05414> (8799) Solomon <08010> wisdom <02451> and understanding <08394> exceeding <03966> much <07235> (8687)_, and largeness <07341> of heart <03820>_, even as the sand <02344> that [is] on the sea <03220> shore <08193>_.
30And Solomon's <08010> wisdom <02451> excelled <07235> (8799) the wisdom <02451> of all the children <01121> of the east country <06924>_, and all the wisdom <02451> of Egypt <04714>_.
31For he was wiser <02449> (8799) than all men <0120>_; than Ethan <0387> the Ezrahite <0250>_, and Heman <01968>_, and Chalcol <03633>_, and Darda <01862>_, the sons <01121> of Mahol <04235>_: and his fame <08034> was in all nations <01471> round about <05439>_.
32And he spake <01696> (8762) three <07969> thousand <0505> proverbs <04912>_: and his songs <07892> were a thousand <0505> and five <02568>_.
33And he spake <01696> (8762) of trees <06086>_, from the cedar tree <0730> that [is] in Lebanon <03844> even unto the hyssop <0231> that springeth out <03318> (8802) of the wall <07023>_: he spake <01696> (8762) also of beasts <0929>_, and of fowl <05775>_, and of creeping things <07431>_, and of fishes <01709>_.
34And there came <0935> (8799) of all people <05971> to hear <08085> (8800) the wisdom <02451> of Solomon <08010>_, from all kings <04428> of the earth <0776>_, which had heard <08085> (8804) of his wisdom <02451>_.