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1 Kings 4:12-23 Modern English Version (MEV)

12. Baana the son of Ahilud in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shan that is by Zarethan beneath Jezreel, and from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

13. the son of Geber in Ramoth Gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which are in Gilead, and also the region of Argob which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and iron bars);

14. Ahinadab the son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

15. Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);

16. Baana the son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

17. Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar;

18. Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin;

19. Geber the son of Uri in the country of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only officer who was in that region.

20. Judah and Israel had a large populace, as numerous as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.

21. Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. The people brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22. Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,

23. ten fat oxen and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep in addition to deer, roebucks, gazelle, and fatted poultry.

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