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Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
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Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
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Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
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ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.
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For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
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Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
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Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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Those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
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Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.
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God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
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Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.