1 N ow King Solomon was the king of all Israel.

And king Solomon was king over all Israel.

2 T hese were the king’s men. Azariah the son of Zadok was the religious leader.

And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

3 S hisha’s sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were the heads of meetings. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the one who wrote down the things of the nation.

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

4 B enaiah the son of Jehoiada was captain of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were religious leaders.

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

5 A zariah the son of Nathan was over the leaders. Zabud the son of Nathan was a religious leader and the king’s friend.

and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend;

6 A hishar was head of the king’s house. And Adoniram the son of Abda was head of the men who were made to work.

and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.

7 S olomon had twelve men over all Israel, who brought food for the king and those of his house. Each man had to bring food for one month in the year.

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

8 T hese were their names. There was Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim,

And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

9 a nd Ben-deker in Makaz. There were Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, Elonbeth-hanan,

Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

10 B en-hesed in Arrubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him),

Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);

11 a nd Ben-abinadab in all Naphath-Dor (Solomon’s daughter Taphath was his wife).

Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife);

12 T here was Baana 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.

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

13 T here was Bengeber in Ramoth-gilead. (The towns of Manasseh’s son Jair which are in Gilead were his. And he had the land of Argob in Bashan, where there were sixty big cities with walls and locks of brass.)

Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);

14 T here was Ahinadab the son of Iddo in Mahanaim,

Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

15 A himaaz in Naphtali (who married Solomon’s daughter Basemath),

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);

16 a nd Baana the son of Hushai in Asher and Bealoth.

Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

17 A nd there was Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar,

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

18 S himei the son of Ela in Benjamin,

Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19 a nd Geber the son of Uri in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only leader in the land. Solomon’s Riches

Geber 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 officer that was in the land.

20 T here were many people in Judah and Israel, as much as the sand beside the sea. They were eating and drinking and full of joy.

Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

21 S olomon ruled over all the nations from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and to the land of Egypt. They brought taxes and worked for Solomon all the days of his life.

And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22 T he food brought to Solomon for one day was 300 baskets of fine flour, 600 baskets of seeds,

And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

23 t en fat bulls, twenty grass-fed bulls, 100 sheep, and deer, gazelles, roebucks and fat birds.

ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.

24 S olomon ruled over everything west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza. He ruled over all the kings west of the Euphrates. And he had peace around him on all sides.

For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

25 S o Judah and Israel were safe. Every man was safe under his vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

26 S olomon had 40, 000 rooms for his war-wagon horses, and 12, 000 horsemen.

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

27 T hose leaders brought food for King Solomon and all who came to his table, each during his month. They made sure nothing was missing.

And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

28 T hey brought barley and straw for the fast horses and the war-wagon horses, where it was needed. Each man did the work he had been given to do.

Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

29 G od gave Solomon wisdom and much understanding and learning, as much as the sand beside the sea.

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

30 S olomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

31 H e was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, Darda, and the sons of Mahol. His name was known in all the nations around him.

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

32 H e spoke 3, 000 wise sayings and wrote 1, 005 songs.

And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

33 H e spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on the wall. He spoke of animals, birds, things that moved upon the ground, and fish.

And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

34 M en came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon. They came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

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