23. ten head of grain-fattened cattle; twenty head of pastured cattle; one hundred sheep; as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and the best of fowl.
24. He ruled over all the lands west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all sides.
25. The people of Judah and Israel from Dan all the way to Beer-sheba lived securely under their vines and fig trees throughout the days of Solomon.
26. Solomon had forty thousand horse stalls for his chariots and twelve thousand additional horses.
27. The officials provided King Solomon and all who joined him at the royal table with monthly food rations. They left out nothing.
28. Each brought their share of barley and straw for the horses and for the chariot horses, bringing it to its proper place.
29. And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding—insight as long as the seashore itself.
30. Solomon’s wisdom was greater than all the famous Easterners, greater even than all the wisdom of Egypt.