1 King Solomon was king over all Israel, 2 and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was ^bthe priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; ^cJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 4 ^dBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; ^eZadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over ^fthe officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and ^gking’s friend; 6 Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and ^hAdoniram the son of Abda was in charge of ⁱthe forced labor.

20 Judah and Israel were as many ^ras the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. ¹ 21 ^sSolomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the ^tEuphrates² to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. ^uThey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22 Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors³ of fine flour and sixty cors of meal, 23 ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates⁴ from Tiphsah to ^vGaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. ^wAnd he had peace on all sides around him. 25 And Judah and Israel ^xlived in safety, ^yfrom Dan even to Beersheba, ^zevery man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon. 26 ^aSolomon also had 40,000⁵ stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 27 And those officers 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 Barley also and straw for the horses and ^bswift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.

29 ^cAnd God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind ^dlike the sand on the seashore, 30 so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all ^ethe people of the east ^fand all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was ^cwiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32 ^gHe also spoke 3,000 proverbs, ^hand his songs were 1,005. 33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. 34 And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from ⁱall the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.