Chapter 4
so king solomon was king over all israel and these were the princes which he had azariah the son of zadok the priest elahoraph and ahiah the sons of shisha scribes jehoshaphat the son of ahilud the recorder and benaiah the son of jehoiada was over the host and zadok and abiathah were the priests and azariah the son of nathan was over the officers and zabud the son of nathan was principal officer and the king's friend ahisha was over the household and adonarum the son of abda was over the tribute 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 and these are their names the son of hur in mount ephraim the son of dikha and makhaz and in shaalbim and bethshemesh and ilon bethhanan the son of hesed in araboth to him pertain socha and all the land of hepha the son of abinadab in all the region of dor which had tapheth the daughter of solomon to wife baana the son of ahilud to him pertain tanak and megiddo and all bethshem which is by zartanah beneath jezreel from bethshem to abelmeholah even unto the place that is beyond jochnam
the son of geber and ramoth gilead to him pertained the towns of joer the son of manasseh which are in gilead to him also pertained the region of agob which is in bashan three score great cities with walls and brazen bars ahinnadab the son of iddo had mahanaim ahimaz was in naphtali he also took basmuth the daughter of solomon to wife baana the son of hushai was in asher and in aloth jehoshaphat the son of peruah in issachah shimeh the son of elah in benjamin geber the son of uri was in the country of gilead in the country of sion king of the amorites and of og king of bashan and he was the only officer which was in the land judah and israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude eating and drinking and making merry 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 and solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and three score measures of meal ten fat oxen and twenty oxen out of the pastures and an hundred sheep beside harts and roebucks and fallow deer and fatted fowl
for he had dominion over all the region on this side of the river from tifsar even to azar over all the kings on this side of the river and he had peace on all sides round about him 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 and solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen 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 barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were every man according to his charge and god gave solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much and largeness of heart even as the sand that is on the sea-shore and solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country and all the wisdom of egypt for he was wiser than all men than ethan the israelite and himan and chalcol and dada the sons of mahol and his fame was in all nations round about
and he spake three thousand proverbs and his songs were a thousand and five 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 and there came of all people to hear the wisdom of solomon from all kings of the earth which had heard his wisdom chapter four
