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.
24. For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River, and he had peace on all borders of his land.
25. Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba all the days of Solomon.
26. Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.
27. Those officers made provision for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, every man in his month, and they lacked nothing.
28. Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries were brought to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
29. God gave Solomon wisdom and great depth of understanding as well as compassion, as vast as the sand on the seashore.
30. Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the East country and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31. For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Kalkol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
32. He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
33. He spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He also spoke of beasts and of fowl and of insects and fish.