1 Kings 4:21–34

^211aNow Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms ^bfrom the ²River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; ^cthey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

²²Solomon’s ¹provision for one day was thirty ²kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,

²³ten fat oxen, twenty ¹pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

²⁴For he had dominion over everything ¹west of the ²River, from Tiphsah even to ^aGaza, ^bover all the kings west of the River; and ^che had peace on all sides around about him.

^25aSo Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, ^bfrom Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

^26aSolomon had ¹40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.

²⁷Those deputies ¹provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking.

²⁸They also brought barley and straw for the horses and ^aswift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.

²⁹Now ^aGod gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of ¹mind, ^blike the sand that is on the seashore.

³⁰Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all ^athe sons of the east and ^ball the wisdom of Egypt.

³¹For ^ahe was wiser than all men, than ^bEthan the Ezrahite, Heman, ^cCalcol and ¹Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his ²fame was known in all the surrounding nations.

^32aHe also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

³³He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.

³⁴¹Men ^acame from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.