Dual Panel1Now King<4428> Solomon<8010> was king<4428> over<5921> all<3605> Israel<3478>.
2These<428> were his officials<8269>: Azariah<5838> the son<1121> of Zadok<6659> was the priest<3548>;
3Elihoreph<456> and Ahijah<281>, the sons<1121> of Shisha<7894> were secretaries<5613>; Jehoshaphat<3092> the son<1121> of Ahilud<286> was the recorder<2142>;
4and Benaiah<1141> the son<1121> of Jehoiada<3077> was over<5921> the army<6635>; and Zadok<6659> and Abiathar<54> were priests<3548>;
5and Azariah<5838> the son<1121> of Nathan<5416> was over<5921> the deputies<5324>; and Zabud<2071> the son<1121> of Nathan<5416>, a priest<3548>, was the king's<4428> friend<7463>;
6and Ahishar<301> was over<5921> the household<1004>; and Adoniram<141> the son<1121> of Abda<5653> was over<5921> the men<4522> subject to forced<4522> labor<4522>.
7Solomon<8010> had twelve<8147><6240> deputies<5324> over<5921> all<3605> Israel<3478>, who provided<3557> for the king<4428> and his household<1004>; each<259> man had<3557> to provide<3557> for a month<2320> in the year<8141>.
8These<428> are their names<8034>: Ben-hur<1133>, in the hill<2022> country<2022> of Ephraim<669>;
9Ben-deker<1128> in Makaz<4739> and Shaalbim<8169> and Beth-shemesh<1053> and Elonbeth-hanan<358>;
10Ben-hesed<1136>, in Arubboth<700> (Socoh<7755> was his and all<3605> the land<776> of Hepher<2660>);
11Ben-abinadab<1125>, in all<3605> the height<5299> of Dor<1756> (Taphath<2955> the daughter<1323> of Solomon<8010> was his wife<802>);
12Baana<1195> the son<1121> of Ahilud<286>, in Taanach<8590> and Megiddo<4023>, and all<3605> Beth-shean<1052> which<834> is beside<681> Zarethan<6891> below<4480><8478> Jezreel<3157>, from Beth-shean<1052> to Abel-meholah<65> as far<5704> as the other<5676> side<5676> of Jokmeam<3361>;
13Ben-geber<1127>, in Ramoth-gilead<7433> (the towns<2333> of Jair<2971>, the son<1121> of Manasseh<4519>, which<834> are in Gilead<1568> were his: the region<2256> of Argob<709>, which<834> is in Bashan<1316>, sixty<8346> great<1419> cities<5892> with walls<2346> and bronze<5178> bars<1280> were his);
14Ahinadab<292> the son<1121> of Iddo<5714>, in Mahanaim<4266>;
15Ahimaaz<290>, in Naphtali<5321> (he also<1571> married<3947> Basemath<1315> the daughter<1323> of Solomon<8010>);
16Baana<1195> the son<1121> of Hushai<2365>, in Asher<836> and Bealoth<1175>;
17Jehoshaphat<3092> the son<1121> of Paruah<6515>, in Issachar<3485>;
18Shimei<8096> the son<1121> of Ela<414>, in Benjamin<1144>;
19Geber<1398> the son<1121> of Uri<221>, in the land<776> of Gilead<1568>, the country<776> of Sihon<5511> king<4428> of the Amorites<567> and of Og<5747> king<4428> of Bashan<1316>; and he was the only<259> deputy<5333> who<834> was in the land<776>.
20Judah<3063> and Israel<3478> were as numerous<7227> as the sand<2344> that is on the seashore<3220> in abundance<7230>; they were eating<398> and drinking<8354> and rejoicing<8056>.
21Now Solomon<8010> ruled<4910> over all<3605> the kingdoms<4467> from the River<5104> to the land<776> of the Philistines<6430> and to the border<1366> of Egypt<4714>; they brought<5066> tribute<4503> and served<5647> Solomon<8010> all<3605> the days<3117> of his life<2425>.
22Solomon's<8010> provision<3899> for one<259> day<3117> was thirty<7970> kors<3734> of fine<5560> flour<5560> and sixty<8346> kors<3734> of meal<7058>,
23ten<6235> fat<1277> oxen<1241>, twenty<6242> pasture-fed<7471> oxen<1241>, a hundred<3967> sheep<6629> besides<905><4480> deer<354>, gazelles<6643>, roebucks<3180>, and fattened<75> fowl<1257>.
24For he had<7287> dominion<7287> over everything<3605> west<5676> of the River<5104>, from Tiphsah<8607> even to Gaza<5804>, over all<3605> the kings<4428> west<5676> of the River<5104>; and he had<1961> peace<7965> on all<3605> sides<5676> around<5439> about<5439> him.
25So Judah<3063> and Israel<3478> lived<3427> in safety<983>, every<376> man<376> under<8478> his vine<1612> and his fig<8384> tree<8384>, from Dan<1835> even to Beersheba<884>, all<3605> the days<3117> of Solomon<8010>.
26Solomon<8010> had 40,000 <705><505> stalls<723> of horses<5483> for his chariots<4817>, and 12,000 <8147><6240><505> horsemen<6571>.
27Those<428> deputies<5324> provided<3557> for King<4428> Solomon<8010> and all<3605> who came<7131> to King<4428> Solomon's<8010> table<7979>, each<376> in his month<2320>; they left<5737> nothing<3808><1697> lacking<5737>.
28They also brought<935> barley<8184> and straw<8401> for the horses<5483> and swift<7409> steeds<7409> to the place<4725> where<834><8033> it should be, each<376> according to his charge<4941>.
29Now God<430> gave<5414> Solomon<8010> wisdom<2451> and very<3966> great<7235> discernment<8394> and breadth<7341> of mind<3820>, like the sand<2344> that is on the seashore<3220><8193>.
30Solomon's<8010> wisdom<2451> surpassed<7235> the wisdom<2451> of all<3605> the sons<1121> of the east<6924> and all<3605> the wisdom<2451> of Egypt<4714>.
31For he was wiser<2449> than<4480> all<3605> men<120>, than<4480> Ethan<387> the Ezrahite<250>, Heman<1968>, Calcol<3633> and Darda<1862>, the sons<1121> of Mahol<4235>; and his fame<8034> was known in all<3605> the surrounding<5439> nations<1471>.
32He also spoke<1696> 3,000 <7969><505> proverbs<4912>, and his songs<7892> were 1,005 <2568><505>.
33He spoke<1696> of trees<6086>, from the cedar<730> that is in Lebanon<3844> even to the hyssop<231> that grows<3318> on the wall<7023>; he spoke<1696> also of animals<929> and birds<5775> and creeping<7431> things<7431> and fish<1709>.
34Men came<935> from all<3605> peoples<5971> to hear<8085> the wisdom<2451> of Solomon<8010>, from all<3605> the kings<4428> of the earth<776> who<834> had heard<8085> of his wisdom<2451>.