1. Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines up to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
2. Solomon’s provision for one day was 30 measures of fine flour, 60 measures of meal,
3. 10 fat oxen, 20 pasture-fed oxen, 100 sheep, beside deer, gazelles, roebucks and fatted geese.
4. For he had dominion over the entire region west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had shalom on all sides around him.
5. So Judah and Israel lived securely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
6. Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.
7. So those officers provided food for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month. They let nothing be lacking.
8. They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.
9. God gave Solomon wisdom and discernment in great measure, and a breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.
10. Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
11. For he was wiser than all men—than Ethan the Ezrahite, or Heman, Calcol and Darda, sons of Mahol—and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
12. He also composed 3,000 proverbs and his songs were 1,005.