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1 And king Solomon reigned over all Israel:
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King Solomon was king over all Israel,
2 And these were the princes which he had: Azarias, the son of Sadoc, the priest:
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and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
3 Elihoreph, and Ahia, the sons of Sisa, scribes: Josaphat, the son of Ahilud, recorder:
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Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;
4 Banaias, the son of Joiada, over the army: and Sadoc, and Abiathar, priests.
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Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azarias, the son of Nathan, over them that were about the king: Zabud, the son of Nathan, the priest, the king’s friend:
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Azariah son of Nathan was over the officials; Zabud son of Nathan was priest and king's friend;
6 And Ahisar, governor of the house: and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.
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Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7 And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and for his house hold: for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year.
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Solomon had twelve officials over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one had to make provision for one month in the year.
8 And these are their names: Benhur, in mount Ephraim.
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These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan.
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Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10 Benhesed, in Aruboth: his was Socho, and all the land of Epher.
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Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);
11 Benabinadab, to whom belonged all Nephath-Dor: he had Tapheth, the daughter of Solomon, to wife.
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Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);
12 Bana, the son of Ahilud, who governed Thanac, and Mageddo, and all Bethsan, which is by Sarthana, beneath Jezrael, from Bethsan unto Abelmehula, over against Jecmaan.
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Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
13 Bengaber, in Ramoth Galaad: he had the town of Jair, the son of Manasses, in Galaad: he was chief in all the country of Argob, which is in Basan, threescore great cities with walls, and brazen bolts.
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Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
14 Ahinadab, the son of Addo, was chief in Manaim.
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Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Achimaas, in Nephthali: he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife.
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Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);
16 Baana, the son of Husi, in Aser, and in Baloth.
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Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17 Josaphat, the son of Pharue, in Issachar.
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Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Semei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin.
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Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Gaber, the son of Uri, in the land of Galaad, in the land of Sehon, the king of the Amorrhites, and of Og, the king of Basan, over all that were in that land.
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Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of King Sihon of the Amorites and of King Og of Bashan. And there was one official in the land of Judah.
20 Juda and Israel were innumerable, as the sand of the sea in multitude; eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
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Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.
21 And Solomon had under him all the kingdoms, from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt: and they brought him presents, and served him all the days of his life.
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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.
22 And the provision of Solomon, for each day, was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;
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Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of choice flour, and sixty cors of meal,
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty out of the pastures, and a hundred rams; besides venison of harts, roes, and buffles, and fatted fowls.
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ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
24 For he had all the country which was beyond the river, from Thaphsa to Gazan, and all the kings of those countries: and he had peace on every side round about.
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For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates; and he had peace on all sides.
25 And Juda, and Israel, dwelt without any fear, every one under his vine, and under his fig tree, from Dan to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon.
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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 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand for the saddle.
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Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 And the foresaid governors of the king fed them; and they furnished the necessaries also for king Solomon’s table, with great care, in their time.
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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 brought barley also, and straw for the horses and beasts, to the place where the king was, according as it was appointed them.
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They also brought to the required place barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds, each according to his charge.
29 And God gave to Solomon wisdom, and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, as the sand that is on the sea shore.
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God gave Solomon very great wisdom, discernment, and breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore,
30 And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals, and of the Egyptians;
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so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda, the sons of Mahol, and he was renowned in all nations round about.
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He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, children of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
32 Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.
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He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
33 And he treated about trees, from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
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He would speak of trees, from the cedar that is in the Lebanon to the hyssop that grows in the wall; he would speak of animals, and birds, and reptiles, and fish.
34 And they came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who heard of his wisdom.
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People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
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