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So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

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

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

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

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And Azariah 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 Ahishar was over the household:
and Adoniram 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 Ephraim:

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The son of Dekar,
in Makaz,
and in Shaalbim,
and Bethshemesh,
and Elonbethhanan:

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

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The son of Abinadab,
in all the region of Dor;
which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

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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:

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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:

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Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

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Ahimaaz was in Naphtali;
he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

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Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:

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Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah,
in Issachar:

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Shimei the son of Elah,
in Benjamin:

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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.

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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:
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 an hundred sheep,
beside harts,
and roebucks,
and fallowdeer,
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 Beersheba,
all the days of Solomon.

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

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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.

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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 sea shore.

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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 Ezrahite,
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:
and his songs 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.