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These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was 1the priest;
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Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; 2Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
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and 3Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and 4Abiathar were priests;
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and Azariah the son of Nathan was over5the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king'sfriend;
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and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forcedlabor.
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Solomon had twelve*deputiesoverallIsrael, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year.
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These are their names: Ben-hur, in the 6hillcountry of Ephraim;
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Ben-deker in Makaz and 7Shaalbim and 8Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
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Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (9Socoh was his and all the land of 10Hepher );
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Ben-abinadab, in all the 11height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife );
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Baana the son of Ahilud, in 12Taanach and Megiddo, and all13Beth-sheanwhich is beside14Zarethanbelow*Jezreel, from Beth-shean to 15Abel-meholah as far as the otherside of 16Jokmeam;
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Ben-geber, in 17Ramoth-gilead (18the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: 19the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixtygreatcities with walls and bronzebars were his);
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Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, 24the country of Sihonking of the Amorites and of Ogking of Bashan; and he was the onlydeputywho was in the land.
Solomon's Power, Wealth and Wisdom
2025Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
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26Now Solomonruled over all the kingdoms27from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; 28they broughttribute and servedSolomonall the days of his life.
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Solomon'sprovision for oneday was thirtykors of fineflour and sixtykors of meal,
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tenfatoxen, twentypasture-fedoxen, a hundredsheepbesides*deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattenedfowl.
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For he haddominion over everythingwest of the River, from Tiphsah even to 29Gaza, 30over all the kingswest of the River; and 31he hadpeace on allsidesaroundabout him.
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32So Judah and Israellived in safety, everymanunder his vine and his figtree, 33from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
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34Solomon had 40,000*stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000**horsemen.
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Thosedeputiesprovided for KingSolomon and all who came to KingSolomon'stable, each in his month; they leftnothing*lacking.
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They also broughtbarley and straw for the horses and 35swiftsteeds to the placewhere* it should be, each according to his charge.
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Now 36GodgaveSolomonwisdom and verygreatdiscernment and breadth of mind, 37like the sand that is on the seashore*.
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Solomon'swisdomsurpassed the wisdom of all38the sons of the east and 39all the wisdom of Egypt.
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For 40he was wiserthanallmen, than41Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, 42Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surroundingnations.
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43He also spoke3,000*proverbs, and his songs were 1,005*.
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He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creepingthings and fish.
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Men 44came from allpeoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earthwho had heard of his wisdom.