1 Kings 4:20–28

Magnificence of Solomon’s Rule

²⁰[[Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.^{* 21h}Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.^i*]]

²²Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of choice flour and sixty cors of meal, ²³ten fat oxen and twenty pasture-fed cattle, one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl. ²⁴For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates,^j and he had peace on all sides.^{* 25}During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all of them under their vines and fig trees.^{* 26}Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.^{* 27}Those officials 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.^{* 28}They also brought to the required place barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds, each according to his charge.