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Shimei son of Ela: the territory of Benjamin
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Geber son of Uri: the region of Gilead, which had been ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan Besides these twelve, there was one governor over the whole land.
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The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore; they ate and drank, and were happy.
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Solomon's kingdom included all the nations from the Euphrates River to Philistia and the Egyptian border. They paid him taxes and were subject to him all his life.
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The supplies Solomon needed each day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal;
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10 stall-fed cattle, 20 pasture-fed cattle, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and poultry.
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Solomon ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah on the Euphrates as far west as the city of Gaza. All the kings west of the Euphrates were subject to him, and he was at peace with all the neighboring countries.
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As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety, each family with its own grapevines and fig trees.
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Solomon had forty thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand cavalry horses.
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His twelve governors, each one in the month assigned to him, supplied the food King Solomon needed for himself and for all who ate in the palace; they always supplied everything needed.
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Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw, where it was needed, for the chariot horses and the work animals.