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

¶ So 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 which 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 Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes, Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, writer of the chronicles;

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

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

Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over the officers; and Zabud, the son of Nathan, was the priest and special companion of the king;

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 tribute.

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 maintained the king and his household. Each one of them made provision for one 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: The son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim;

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

the son of Dekar, in Makaz and in Shaalbim and in Bethshemesh and in Elon and in Bethhanan;

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

the son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Hepher.

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

The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor, who 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; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam;

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.)

the son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which were in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brasen 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 was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife.

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

Baanah, the son of Hushai, was in Asher and in Aloth;

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 Elah, 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, was in the land of Gilead, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan; and in addition to these there was an officer over all 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 reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents 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 sixty 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 one hundred sheep beside harts and roebucks and fallowdeer 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 the other side of the river and from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on the other side of 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, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, 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 horses in his stables 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 these officers maintained King Solomon and all that came unto king Solomon’s table, each one in his month; they made sure nothing was 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.

They also brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden unto the place where he was, each one 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 exceedingly great wisdom and intelligence and magnanimity 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 sons of the east and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.

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 Chalcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he was named in all nations round about.

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

And he spoke 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 spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He also spoke of animals and of fowl and of serpents 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 they came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.