1 Kings 4:20–28

SOLOMON’S PROVISIONS

²⁰Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea;^a they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing. ²¹Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.^b They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.^c

²²Solomon’s provisions for one day were 180 bushels^B of fine flour and 360 bushels^C of meal, ²³ten fattened cattle, twenty range cattle, and a hundred sheep and goats, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,^{Dd 24}for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders. ²⁵Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba,^e each person under his own vine and his own fig tree.^{f 26}Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.^{g 27}Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing. ²⁸Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses^h to the required place according to his assignment.^B