1 Kings 4:21–34

²¹So ^pSolomon reigned over all kingdoms from ^qthe ⁷River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. ^rThey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

^22sNow Solomon’s ⁸provision for one day was thirty ⁹kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal, ²³ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

²⁴For he had dominion over all the region on this side of ¹the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over ^tall the kings on this side of the River; and ^uhe had peace on every side all around him. ²⁵And Judah and Israel ^vdwelt ²safely, ^weach man under his vine and his fig tree, ^xfrom Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

^26ySolomon had ³forty thousand stalls of ^zhorses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. ²⁷And ^athese governors, each man in his month, provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table. There was no lack in their supply. ²⁸They also brought barley and straw to the proper place, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge.

²⁹And ^bGod gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. ³⁰Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men ^cof the East and all ^dthe wisdom of Egypt. ³¹For he was ^ewiser than all men—^fthan Ethan the Ezrahite, ^gand Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. ^32hHe spoke three thousand proverbs, and his ⁱsongs were one thousand and five. ³³Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. ³⁴And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, ^jcame to hear the wisdom of Solomon.