1 Kings 4:20–28

Solomon’s Wealth and Wisdom

²⁰Judah and Israel were as many ^ras the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. ^{211 s}Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the ^tEuphrates² to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. ^uThey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

²²Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors³ of fine flour and sixty cors of meal, ²³ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. ²⁴For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates⁴ from Tiphsah to ^vGaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. ^wAnd he had peace on all sides around him. ²⁵And Judah and Israel ^xlived in safety, ^yfrom Dan even to Beersheba, ^zevery man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon. ^26aSolomon also had 40,000⁵ stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. ²⁷And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, each one in his month. They let nothing be lacking. ²⁸Barley also and straw for the horses and ^bswift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.