1 Kings 4
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So king Solomon was king over all
Israel.
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And these were the princes which
he had; Azari'ah the son of Zadok the priest,
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Eliho'reph and Ahi'ah, the sons of
Shisha, scribes; Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud, the
recorder.
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And Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was over the host: and Zadok and Abi'athar were the
priests:
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and Azari'ah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal
officer, and the king's friend:
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and Ahi'shar was over the
household: and Adoni'ram the son of Abda was over the
tribute.
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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.
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And these are their names: The son
of Hur, in mount E'phra-im:
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the son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in
Sha-al'bim, and Beth-she'mesh, and E'lon-beth-ha'nan:
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the son of Hesed, in Aru'both; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
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the son of Abin'adab, in all the region
of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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Ba'ana the son of Ahi'lud; to him
pertained Ta'anach and Megid'do, and all Beth-she'an, which is by Zarta'nah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-she'an to
A'bel-meho'lah, even unto the place that is beyond
Jok'ne-am:
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the son of Geber, in Ra'moth-gil'e-ad; to
him pertained the towns of Ja'ir the son of Manas'seh, which are in Gil'e-ad; to him also pertained the region of
Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls
and brazen bars:
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Ahin'adab the son of Iddo had Mahana'im:
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Ahim'a-az was in Naph'tali; he
also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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Ba'anah the son of Hu'shai was in
Asher and in Aloth:
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Jehosh'aphat the son of Paru'ah, in
Is'sachar:
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Shim'e-i the son of Elah, in
Benjamin:
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Geber the son of Uri was in the
country of Gil'e-ad, 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.
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Judah and Israel were many, as
the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and
drinking, and making merry.
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And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms
from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border
of Egypt: Gen. 15.18 · 2.1--0.1 ; 0.9 ; 6.1--0.1 they
brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his
life.
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And Solomon's provision for one day was
thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of
meal,
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ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the
pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and
fallow deer, and fatted fowl.
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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.
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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.
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And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of
horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 1 Kgs.
10.26 · 2
Chr. 1.14 ; 9.25
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And those officers provided victuals for
king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every
man in his month: they lacked nothing.
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Barley also and straw for the horses and
dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
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And God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the
sand that is on the seashore.
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And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom
of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of
Egypt.
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For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan
the Ez'rahite, Ps. 89.1--0.1 and
Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was
in all nations round about.
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And he spake three thousand proverbs: Prov.
1.1 ; 10.1 ; 25.1 and
his songs 1.1 were a
thousand and five.
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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.
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And there came of all people to hear the
wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of
his wisdom.
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