1 Kings 4:21–34

^{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.

^29cAnd God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind ^dlike the sand on the seashore, ³⁰so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all ^ethe people of the east ^fand all the wisdom of Egypt. ³¹For he was ^cwiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. ^32gHe also spoke 3,000 proverbs, ^hand his songs were 1,005. ³³He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. ³⁴And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from ⁱall the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.