1 Kings 4:21–34

²¹And 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.

Solomon’s Wisdom

²⁹God gave Solomon wisdom^q and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand^r on the seashore. ³⁰Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East,^s and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.^{t 31}He was wiser^u than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite—wiser than Heman, Kalkol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. ³²He spoke three thousand proverbs^v and his songs^w numbered a thousand and five. ³³He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop^x that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. ³⁴From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings^y of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.^e