Dual Panel1King <04428> Solomon <08010> ruled <04428> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>.
2These <0428> were his officials <08269>: Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Zadok <06659> was the priest <03548>.
3Elihoreph <0456> and Ahijah <0281>, the sons <01121> of Shisha <07894>, wrote down what happened. Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> was in charge of the records.
4Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> was commander of the army <06635>. Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> were priests <03548>.
5Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Nathan <05416> was supervisor <05921> of the district <05324> governors. Zabud <02071> son <01121> of Nathan <05416> was a priest <03548> and adviser <07463> to the king <04428>.
6Ahishar <0301> was supervisor of <05921> the palace <01004>. Adoniram <0141> son <01121> of Abda <05653> was supervisor of <05921> the work crews <04522>.
7Solomon <08010> had twelve <06240> <08147> district governors <05324> appointed <05921> throughout <03605> Israel <03478> who acquired supplies <03557> for the king <04428> and his palace <01004>. Each <0259> was <01961> responsible <03557> for one month <02320> in <05921> the year <08141>.
8These <0428> were their names <08034>: Ben-Hur <01133> was in charge of the hill country <02022> of Ephraim <0669>.
9Ben-Deker <01128> was in charge of Makaz <04739>, Shaalbim <08169>, Beth Shemesh <01053>, and Elon Beth Hanan <0358>.
10Ben-Hesed <01136> was in charge of Arubboth <0700>; he controlled Socoh <07755> and all <03605> the territory <0776> of Hepher <02660>.
11Ben-Abinadab <01125> was in charge of Naphath Dor <01756>. (He was <01961> married <0802> to Solomon’s <08010> daughter <01323> Taphath <02955>.)
12Baana <01195> son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> was in charge of Taanach <08590> and Megiddo <04023>, as well as all <03605> of Beth Shan <01052> next to <0681> Zarethan <06891> below <08478> Jezreel <03157>, from Beth Shan <01052> to <05704> Abel Meholah <065> and on past Jokmeam <03361>.
13Ben-Geber <01127> was in charge of Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>; he controlled the tent villages <02333> of Jair <02971> son <01121> of Manasseh <04519> in Gilead <01568>, as well as the region <02256> of Argob <0709> in Bashan <01316>, including sixty <08346> large <01419> walled <02346> cities <05892> with bronze <05178> bars <01280> locking their gates.
14Ahinadab <0292> son <01121> of Iddo <05714> was in charge of Mahanaim <04266>.
15Ahimaaz <0290> was in charge of Naphtali <05321>. (He <01931> married <0802> <03947> Solomon’s <08010> daughter <01323> Basemath <01315>.)
16Baana <01195> son <01121> of Hushai <02365> was in charge of Asher <0836> and Aloth <01175>.
17Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Paruah <06515> was in charge of Issachar <03485>.
18Shimei <08096> son <01121> of Ela <0414> was in charge of Benjamin <01144>.
19Geber <01398> son <01121> of Uri <0221> was in charge of the land <0776> of Gilead <01568> (the territory <0776> which had once belonged to King <04428> Sihon <05511> of the Amorites <0567> and to King <04428> Og <05747> of Bashan <01316>). He was sole <0259> governor <05333> of the area <0776>.
20The people of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> were as innumerable <07227> as <0834> the sand <02344> on <05921> the seashore <03220>; they had plenty <07230> to eat <0398> and drink <08354> and were happy <08056>.
21Solomon <08010> ruled <04910> all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> from <04480> the Euphrates River <05104> to the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>, as far <05704> as the border <01366> of Egypt <04714>. These kingdoms paid <05066> tribute <04503> as Solomon’s <08010> subjects throughout <03605> his lifetime <02416> <03117>.
22Each <0259> day <03117> Solomon’s <08010> royal court consumed <03899> thirty <07970> cors <03734> of finely milled flour <05560>, sixty <08346> cors <03734> of cereal <07058>,
23ten <06235> calves <01241> fattened <01277> in the stall, twenty <06242> calves <01241> from the pasture <07471>, and a hundred <03967> sheep <06629>, not to mention <0905> rams <0354>, gazelles <06643>, deer <03180>, and well-fed <075> birds <01257>.
24His royal court was so large because <03588> he ruled over <07287> all <03605> the kingdoms west <05676> of the Euphrates River <05104> from Tiphsah <08607> to <05704> Gaza <05804>; he was <01961> at peace <07965> with all <03605> his neighbors <05439> <05676>.
25All the people <03427> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> had security <0983>; everyone <0376> from Dan <01835> to Beer Sheba <0884> enjoyed the produce of their vines <01612> and fig trees <08384> throughout <03605> Solomon’s <08010> lifetime <03117>.
26Solomon <08010> had 4,000 <0505> <0705> stalls <0723> for his chariot <04817> horses <05483> and 12,000 <0505> <06240> <08147> horses <06571>.
27The district governors <05324> acquired supplies <03557> for King <04428> Solomon <08010> and all <03605> who ate <07131> in <0413> his royal <04428> palace <07979>. Each <0376> was responsible for one month <02320> in the year; they made sure nothing <01697> <03808> was lacking <05737>.
28Each <0376> one also brought <0935> to <0413> the assigned location <04725> his quota of barley <08184> and straw <08401> for the various horses <05483>.
29God <0430> gave <05414> Solomon <08010> wisdom <02451> and very <03966> great discernment <08394>; the breadth <07341> of his understanding <03820> was as infinite as the sand <02344> on <05921> the seashore <03220> <08193>.
30Solomon <08010> was wiser <02451> <07235> than all <03605> the men <01121> of the east <06924> and all <03605> the sages <02451> of Egypt <04714>.
31He was wiser <02449> than any <03605> man <0120>, including Ethan <0387> the Ezrahite <0250> or Heman <01968>, Calcol <03633>, and Darda <01862>, the sons <01121> of Mahol <04235>. He was <01961> famous <08034> in all <03605> the neighboring <05439> nations <01471>.
32He composed <01696> 3,000 <0505> <07969> proverbs <04912> and 1,005 <0505> <02568> songs <07892>.
33He produced manuals <01696> on <05921> botany, describing every kind of plant <06086>, from <04480> the cedars <0730> of Lebanon <03844> to the hyssop <0231> that <0834> grows <03318> on walls <07023>. He also produced manuals <01696> on <05921> biology, describing animals <0929>, birds <05775>, insects <07431>, and fish <01709>.
34People from all <03605> nations <05971> came <0935> to hear <08085> Solomon’s <08010> display of wisdom <02451>; they came from all <03605> the kings <04428> of the earth <0776> who <0834> heard <08085> about his wisdom <02451>.