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So king[H4428]Solomon[H8010] was king[H4428] over all Israel[H3478].
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And these were the princes[H8269] which he had; Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548],
3Elihoreph[H456] and Ahiah[H281], the sons[H1121] of Shisha[H7894], scribes[H5608]; Jehoshaphat[H3092] the son[H1121] of Ahilud[H286], the recorder[H2142].
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And Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] was over the host[H6635]: and Zadok[H6659] and Abiathar[H54] were the priests[H3548]:
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And Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Nathan[H5416] was over the officers[H5324]: and Zabud[H2071] the son[H1121] of Nathan[H5416] was principal officer[H3548], and the king's friend[H7463]:
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And Ahishar[H301] was over the household[H1004]: and Adoniram[H141] the son[H1121] of Abda[H5653] was over the tribute[H4522].
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And Solomon[H8010] had twelve[H8147]officers[H5324] over all Israel[H3478], which provided victuals[H3557] for the king[H4428] and his household[H1004]: each man[H259] his month[H2320] in a year[H8141] made provision[H3557].
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And these are their names[H8034]: The son of Hur[H1133], in mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669]:
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The son of Dekar[H1128], in Makaz[H4739], and in Shaalbim[H8169], and Bethshemesh[H1053], and Elonbethhanan[H358]:
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The son of Hesed[H1136], in Aruboth[H700]; to him pertained Sochoh[H7755], and all the land[H776] of Hepher[H2660]:
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The son of Abinadab[H1125], in all the region[H5299] of Dor[H1756]; which had Taphath[H2955] the daughter[H1323] of Solomon[H8010] to wife[H802]:
12Baana[H1195] the son[H1121] of Ahilud[H286]; to him pertained Taanach[H8590] and Megiddo[H4023], and all Bethshean[H1052], which is by[H681]Zartanah[H6891] beneath Jezreel[H3157], from Bethshean[H1052] to Abelmeholah[H65], even unto the place that is beyond[H5676]Jokneam[H3361]:
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The son[H1121] of Geber[H1127], in Ramothgilead[H1568]; to him pertained the towns[H2333] of Jair[H2971] the son[H1121] of Manasseh[H4519], which are in Gilead[H1568]; to him also pertained the region[H2256] of Argob[H709], which is in Bashan[H1316], threescore[H8346]great[H1419]cities[H5892] with walls[H2346] and brasen[H5178]bars[H1280]:
14Ahinadab[H292] the son[H1121] of Iddo[H5714] had Mahanaim[H4266]:
15Ahimaaz[H290] was in Naphtali[H5321]; he also took[H3947]Basmath[H1315] the daughter[H1323] of Solomon[H8010] to wife[H802]:
16Baanah[H1195] the son[H1121] of Hushai[H2365] was in Asher[H836] and in Aloth[H1175]:
17Jehoshaphat[H3092] the son[H1121] of Paruah[H6515], in Issachar[H3485]:
18Shimei[H8096] the son[H1121] of Elah[H414], in Benjamin[H1144]:
19Geber[H1398] the son[H1121] of Uri[H221] was in the country[H776] of Gilead[H1568], in the country[H776] of Sihon[H5511]king[H4428] of the Amorites[H567], and of Og[H5747]king[H4428] of Bashan[H1316]; and he was the only[H259]officer[H5333] which was in the land[H776].
20Judah[H3063] and Israel[H3478] were many[H7227], as the sand[H2344] which is by the sea[H3220] in multitude[H7230], eating[H398] and drinking[H8354], and making merry[H8056].
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And Solomon[H8010]reigned[H4910] over all kingdoms[H4467] from the river[H5104] unto the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430], and unto the border[H1366] of Egypt[H4714]: they brought[H5066]presents[H4503], and served[H5647]Solomon[H8010] all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].
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And Solomon's provision[H3899] for one[H259]day[H3117] was thirty[H7970]measures[H3734] of fine flour[H5560], and threescore[H8346]measures[H3734] of meal[H7058],
23Ten[H6235]fat[H1277]oxen[H1241], and twenty[H6242]oxen[H1241] out of the pastures[H7471], and an hundred[H3967]sheep[H6629], beside harts[H354], and roebucks[H6643], and fallowdeer[H3180], and fatted[H75]fowl[H1257].
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For he had dominion[H7287] over all the region on this side[H5676] the river[H5104], from Tiphsah[H8607] even to Azzah[H5804], over all the kings[H4428] on this side[H5676] the river[H5104]: and he had peace[H7965] on all sides[H5650] round about[H5439] him.
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And Judah[H3063] and Israel[H3478]dwelt[H3427]safely[H983], every man[H376] under his vine[H1612] and under his fig tree[H8384], from Dan[H1835] even to Beersheba[H884], all the days[H3117] of Solomon[H8010].
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And Solomon[H8010] had forty[H705]thousand[H505]stalls[H723] of horses[H5483] for his chariots[H4817], and twelve[H8147]thousand[H505]horsemen[H6571].
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And those officers[H5324] provided victual[H3557] for king[H4428]Solomon[H8010], and for all that came[H7131] unto king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]'s table[H7979], every man[H376] in his month[H2320]: they lacked[H5737]nothing[H1697].
28Barley[H8184] also and straw[H8401] for the horses[H5483] and dromedaries[H7409]brought[H935] they unto the place[H4725] where the officers were, every man[H376] according to his charge[H4941].
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And God[H430]gave[H5414]Solomon[H8010]wisdom[H2451] and understanding[H8394]exceeding[H3966]much[H7235], and largeness[H7341] of heart[H3820], even as the sand[H2344] that is on the sea[H3220]shore[H8193].
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And Solomon's wisdom[H2451]excelled[H7235] the wisdom[H2451] of all the children[H1121] of the east country[H6924], and all the wisdom[H2451] of Egypt[H4714].
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For he was wiser[H2449] than all men[H120]; than Ethan[H387] the Ezrahite[H250], and Heman[H1968], and Chalcol[H3633], and Darda[H1862], the sons[H1121] of Mahol[H4235]: and his fame[H8034] was in all nations[H1471] round about[H5439].
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And he spake[H1696]three[H7969]thousand[H505]proverbs[H4912]: and his songs[H7892] were a thousand[H505] and five[H2568].
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And he spake[H1696] of trees[H6086], from the cedar tree[H730] that is in Lebanon[H3844] even unto the hyssop[H231] that springeth out[H3318] of the wall[H7023]: he spake[H1696] also of beasts[H929], and of fowl[H5775], and of creeping things[H7431], and of fishes[H1709].
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And there came[H935] of all people[H5971] to hear[H8085] the wisdom[H2451] of Solomon[H8010], from all kings[H4428] of the earth[H776], which had heard[H8085] of his wisdom[H2451].