Chapter 4

  So king Solomon was king over all Israel.  

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  And these [were] the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,  

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  Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.  

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  And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:  

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  And Azariah 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 Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram 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 Ephraim:  

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  The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:  

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  The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him [pertained] Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:  

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  The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:  

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  Baana the son of Ahilud; [to him pertained] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, [even] unto [the place that is] beyond Jokneam:  

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  The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns of 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:  

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  Ahinadab the son of Iddo [had] Mahanaim:  

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  Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:  

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  Baanah the son of Hushai [was] in Asher and in Aloth:  

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  Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:  

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  Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:  

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  Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead, [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: 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 an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, 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 Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.  

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  And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.  

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  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.  

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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 sea shore.  

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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 Ezrahite, 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: and his songs 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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