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1 Kings 4:13-28 English Revised Version (ERV)

13. Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

14. Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim:

15. Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

16. Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth:

17. Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:

18. Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin:

19. Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

20. Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

21. And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22. And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;

23. ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.

24. For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tipsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

25. And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

26. And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

27. And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be lacking.

28. Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

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