1King Solomon was king over all Israel.
2These were the princes whom he had: Azariah…
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;…
4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the…
5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the…
6Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the…
7Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who…
8These are their names: Ben Hur, in the…
9Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh,…
10Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the…
11Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor…
12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and…
13Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of…
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the…
16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and…
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19Geber the son of Uri, in the land…
20Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand…
21Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the…
22Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors…
23ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of…
24For he had dominion over all on this…
25Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under…
26Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for…
27Those officers provided food for King Solomon, and…
28They also brought barley and straw for the…
29God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth…
30Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the…
31For he was wiser than all men—wiser than…
32He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs…
33He spoke of trees, from the cedar that…
34People of all nations came to hear the…