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Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.
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Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphra'tes 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 cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal,
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ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
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For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphra'tes from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphra'tes; and he had peace on all sides round about him.
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And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.
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Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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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.
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Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his charge.
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And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and largeness of mind like the sand on the seashore,
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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.
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For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ez'rahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
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He also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
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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.
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And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.