1 Kings 4:20–28

Solomon’s Daily Provisions

²⁰The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand^b on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.^{c 21}And Solomon ruled^d over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River^e to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.^f These countries brought tribute^g and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

²²Solomon’s daily provisions^h were thirty cors^a of the finest flour and sixty cors^b of meal, ²³ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.^{i 24}For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah^j to Gaza, and had peace^k on all sides. ²⁵During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,^l lived in safety,^m everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.ⁿ

²⁶Solomon had four^c thousand stalls for chariot horses,^o and twelve thousand horses.^d

²⁷The district governors,^p each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. ²⁸They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.