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¹ And King Salomon was King ouer all Israel.

² And these [were] theThat is, his chief officers.princes which he had;He was the son of Achimais and Zadok's nephew.Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

³ Elihoreph and Ahiah the sonnes of Shisha scribes, Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder,

⁴ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok andNot Abiathar whom Solomon had put from his office, (1Ki_2:27) but another of that name.Abiathar [were] the priests:

⁵ And Azariah the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers, and Zabud the sonne of Nathan Priest was the Kings friend,

⁶ And Ahishar was ouer the houshold: and Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tribute.

⁷ And Salomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vitailes for the King and his housholde: eche man had a moneth in the yeere to prouide vitailes.

⁸ And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim:

⁹ The sonne of Dekar in Makaz, and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, and Elon and Beth-hanan:

¹⁰ The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom perteined Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

¹¹ The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, which had Taphath the daughter of Salomon to wife.

¹² Baana the sonne of Ahilud in Taanach, & Megiddo, & in all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Izreel, from Beth-shean to Abelmeholah, eue til beyond ouer against Iokmeam:

¹³ The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns ofWhich bore Jair's name, because he took them from the Canaanites, (Num_32:41).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:

¹⁴ Ahinadab the sonne of Iddo had to Mahanaim:

¹⁵ Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he tooke Basmath the daughter of Salomon to wife:

¹⁶ Baanah the sonne of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth:

¹⁷ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, inSolomon did not observe the division that Joshua made, but divided it as might best serve his purposes.Issachar:

¹⁸ Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:

¹⁹ Geber the sonne of Vri in the countrey of Gilead, the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, and of Og King of Bashan, and was officer alone in the land.

²⁰ Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude,They lived in all peace and security.eating and drinking, and making merry.

²¹ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from theWhich is the Euphrates.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.

²² And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale:

²³ Ten fat oxen, and twentie oxen of the pastures, and an hundreth sheepe, beside hartes, and buckes, and bugles, and fat foule.

²⁴ For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all theFor they were all tributaries to him.kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, fromThroughout all Israel.Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

²⁶ And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.

²⁷ And these officers prouided vitaile for king Salomon, and for all that came to King Salomons table, euery man his moneth, and they suffred to lacke nothing.

²⁸ Barley also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge.

²⁹ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, andMeaning, great understanding and able to comprehend all things.largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore.

³⁰ And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of theThat is, the philosophers and astronomers who were judged most wise.east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

³¹ For he was wiser then any man: yea, then were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman, then Chalcol, then Darda the sonnes of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about.

³² And he spake three thousandWhich for the most part are thought to have perished in the captivity of Babylon.proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

³³ And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto theFrom the highest to the lowest.hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

³⁴ And there came of all people to heare the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisedome.