1 Kings 4 — King James Version

So king Solomon was king over all Israel.● And these {were} the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, {priest: or, chief officer}● Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. {scribes: or, secretaries} {recorder: or, remembrancer}● And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada {was} over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar {were} the priests:● And Azariah the son of Nathan {was} over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan {was} principal officer, {and} the king's friend:● And Ahishar {was} over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda {was} over the tribute. {tribute: or, levy}● And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.● And these {are} their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: {The son...: or, Benhur}● The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: {The son...: or, Bendekar}● The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him {pertained} Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: {The son...: or, Benhesed}● The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: {The son...: or, Benabinadab}● 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:● The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him {pertained} the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which {are} in Gilead; to him {also pertained} the region of Argob, which {is} in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: {The son...: or, Bengeber}● Ahinadab the son of Iddo {had} Mahanaim: {Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim}● Ahimaaz {was} in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:● Baanah the son of Hushai {was} in Asher and in Aloth:● Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:● Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:● Geber the son of Uri {was} in the country of Gilead, {in} the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and {he was} the only officer which {was} in the land.● Judah and Israel {were} many, as the sand which {is} by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.● And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.● And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, {provision: Heb. bread} {measures: Heb. cors}● Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.● For he had dominion over all {the region} on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.● And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. {safely: Heb. confidently}● And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.● And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.● Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where {the officers} were, every man according to his charge. {dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts}● And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that {is} on the sea shore.● And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.● For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.● And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.● And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that {is} in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.● And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.●