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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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