16. Baana son of Hushai: the region of Asher and the town of Bealoth
17. Jehoshaphat son of Paruah: the territory of Issachar
18. Shimei son of Ela: the territory of Benjamin
19. Geber son of Uri: the region of Gilead, which had been ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of BashanBesides these twelve, there was one governor over the whole land.
20. The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore; they ate and drank, and were happy.
21. Solomon's kingdom included all the nations from the River Euphrates to Philistia and the Egyptian border. They paid him taxes and were subject to him all his life.
22. The supplies Solomon needed each day were 5,000 litres of fine flour and 10,000 litres of meal;
23. ten stall-fed cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and poultry.
24. Solomon ruled over all the land west of the River Euphrates, 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 neighbouring countries.
25. As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety, each family with its own grapevines and fig trees.