26. Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27. And these governors, each man in his month, provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table. There was no lack in their supply.
28. They also brought barley and straw to the proper place, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge.
29. And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.
30. Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31. For he was wiser than all men—than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
32. He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.
33. Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
34. And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.