1 A nd king Solomon is king over all Israel,

2 a nd these the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok the priest;

3 E lihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud remembrancer;

4 a nd Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar priests;

5 a nd Azariah son of Nathan over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan minister, friend of the king;

6 A nd Ahishar over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda over the tribute.

7 A nd Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household -- a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;

8 a nd these their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;

9 B en-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan.

10 B en-Hesed in Aruboth, hath Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;

11 B en-Abinadab all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife.

12 B aana Ben-Ahilud Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean, which by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-Shean unto Abel-Meholah, unto beyond Jokneam.

13 B en-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that in Bashan, sixty great cities wall and brazen bar.

14 A hinadab son of Iddo Mahanaim.

15 A himaaz in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife.

16 B aanah Ben-Hushai in Asher, and in Aloth.

17 J ehoshaphat Ben-Paruah in Issachar.

18 S himei Ben-Elah in Benjamin.

19 G eber Ben-Uri in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and one officer who in the land.

20 J udah and Israel many, as the sand that by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

21 A nd Solomon hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all days of his life.

22 A nd the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal;

23 t en fat oxen, and twenty feeding oxen, and a hundred sheep, apart from hart, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls,

24 f or he is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and unto Gaza, over all the kings beyond the river, and he hath peace from all his servants round about.

25 A nd Judah dwelleth -- and Israel -- in confidence, each under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon.

26 A nd Solomon hath forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

27 A nd these officers have sustained king Solomon and every one drawing near unto the table of king Solomon, each his month; they let nothing be lacking.

28 A nd the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.

29 A nd God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that on the edge of the sea;

30 a nd the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;

31 a nd he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.

32 A nd he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs five, and the chief one;

33 a nd he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,

34 a nd there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.