So king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> was king <H4428> over all Israel. <H3478>
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And these [were] the princes <H8269> which he had; Azariah <H5838> the son <H1121> of Zadok <H6659> the priest, <H3548>
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Elihoreph <H0456> and Ahiah, <H0281> the sons <H1121> of Shisha, <H7894> scribes; <H5608> Jehoshaphat <H3092> the son <H1121> of Ahilud, <H0286> the recorder. <H2142>
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And Benaiah <H1141> the son <H1121> of Jehoiada <H3077> [was] over the host: <H6635> and Zadok <H6659> and Abiathar <H0054> [were] the priests: <H3548>
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And Azariah <H5838> the son <H1121> of Nathan <H5416> [was] over the officers: <H5324> and Zabud <H2071> the son <H1121> of Nathan <H5416> [was] principal officer, <H3548> [and] the king's <H4428> friend: <H7463>
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And Ahishar <H0301> [was] over the household: <H1004> and Adoniram <H0141> the son <H1121> of Abda <H5653> [was] over the tribute. <H4522>
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And Solomon <H8010> had twelve <H8147> <H6240> officers <H5324> over all Israel, <H3478> which provided victuals <H3557> for the king <H4428> and his household: <H1004> each man <H0259> his month <H2320> in a year <H8141> made provision. <H3557>
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And these [are] their names: <H8034> The son of Hur, <H1121> <H2354><H1133> in mount <H2022> Ephraim: <H0669>
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The son <H1121> of Dekar, <H1857> in Makaz, <H4739> and in Shaalbim, <H8169> and Bethshemesh, <H1053> and Elonbethhanan: <H0358>
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The son <H1121> of Hesed, <H2618> in Aruboth; <H0700> to him [pertained] Sochoh, <H7755> and all the land <H0776> of Hepher: <H2660>
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The son <H1121> of Abinadab, <H0041> in all the region <H5299> of Dor; <H1756> which had Taphath <H2955> the daughter <H1323> of Solomon <H8010> to wife: <H0802>
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Baana <H1195> the son <H1121> of Ahilud; <H0286> [to him pertained] Taanach <H8590> and Megiddo, <H4023> and all Bethshean, <H1052> which [is] by <H0681> Zartanah <H6891> beneath Jezreel, <H3157> from Bethshean <H1052> to Abelmeholah, <H0065> [even] unto [the place that is] beyond <H5676> Jokneam: <H3361>
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The son of Geber, <H1127> in Ramothgilead; <H1568> <H7433> to him [pertained] the towns <H2333> of Jair <H2971> the son <H1121> of Manasseh, <H4519> which [are] in Gilead; <H1568> to him [also pertained] the region <H2256> of Argob, <H0709> which [is] in Bashan, <H1316> threescore <H8346> great <H1419> cities <H5892> with walls <H2346> and brasen <H5178> bars: <H1280>
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Ahinadab <H0292> the son <H1121> of Iddo <H5714> [had] Mahanaim: <H4266>
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Ahimaaz <H0290> [was] in Naphtali; <H5321> he also took <H3947> Basmath <H1315> the daughter <H1323> of Solomon <H8010> to wife: <H0802>
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Baanah <H1195> the son <H1121> of Hushai <H2365> [was] in Asher <H0836> and in Aloth: <H1175>
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Jehoshaphat <H3092> the son <H1121> of Paruah, <H6515> in Issachar: <H3485>
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Shimei <H8096> the son <H1121> of Elah, <H0414> in Benjamin: <H1144>
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Geber <H1398> the son <H1121> of Uri <H0221> [was] in the country <H0776> of Gilead, <H1568> [in] the country <H0776> of Sihon <H5511> king <H4428> of the Amorites, <H0567> and of Og <H5747> king <H4428> of Bashan; <H1316> and [he was] the only <H0259> officer <H5333> which [was] in the land. <H0776>
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Judah <H3063> and Israel <H3478> [were] many, <H7227> as the sand <H2344> which [is] by the sea <H3220> in multitude, <H7230> eating <H0398> and drinking, <H8354> and making merry. <H8056>
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And Solomon <H8010> reigned <H4910> over all kingdoms <H4467> from the river <H5104> unto the land <H0776> of the Philistines, <H6430> and unto the border <H1366> of Egypt: <H4714> they brought <H5066> presents, <H4503> and served <H5647> Solomon <H8010> all the days <H3117> of his life. <H2416>
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And Solomon's <H8010> provision <H3899> for one <H0259> day <H3117> was thirty <H7970> measures <H3734> of fine flour, <H5560> and threescore <H8346> measures <H3734> of meal, <H7058>
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Ten <H6235> fat <H1277> oxen, <H1241> and twenty <H6242> oxen <H1241> out of the pastures, <H7471> and an hundred <H3967> sheep, <H6629> beside harts, <H0354> and roebucks, <H6643> and fallowdeer, <H3180> and fatted <H0075> fowl. <H1257>
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For he had dominion <H7287> over all [the region] on this side <H5676> the river, <H5104> from Tiphsah <H8607> even to Azzah, <H5804> over all the kings <H4428> on this side <H5676> the river: <H5104> and he had peace <H7965> on all sides <H5650> <H5676> round about <H5439> him.
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And Judah <H3063> and Israel <H3478> dwelt <H3427> safely, <H0983> every man <H0376> under his vine <H1612> and under his fig tree, <H8384> from Dan <H1835> even to Beersheba, <H0884> all the days <H3117> of Solomon. <H8010>
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And Solomon <H8010> had forty <H0705> thousand <H0505> stalls <H0723> of horses <H5483> for his chariots, <H4817> and twelve <H8147> <H6240> thousand <H0505> horsemen. <H6571>
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And those officers <H5324> provided victual <H3557> for king <H4428> Solomon, <H8010> and for all that came <H7131> unto king <H4428> Solomon's <H8010> table, <H7979> every man <H0376> in his month: <H2320> they lacked <H5737> nothing. <H1697>
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Barley <H8184> also and straw <H8401> for the horses <H5483> and dromedaries <H7409> brought <H0935> they unto the place <H4725> where [the officers] were, every man <H0376> according to his charge. <H4941>
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And God <H0430> gave <H5414> Solomon <H8010> wisdom <H2451> and understanding <H8394> exceeding <H3966> much, <H7235> and largeness <H7341> of heart, <H3820> even as the sand <H2344> that [is] on the sea <H3220> shore. <H8193>
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And Solomon's <H8010> wisdom <H2451> excelled <H7235> the wisdom <H2451> of all the children <H1121> of the east <H6924> country, and all the wisdom <H2451> of Egypt. <H4714>
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For he was wiser <H2449> than all men; <H0120> than Ethan <H0387> the Ezrahite, <H0250> and Heman, <H1968> and Chalcol, <H3633> and Darda, <H1862> the sons <H1121> of Mahol: <H4235> and his fame <H8034> was in all nations <H1471> round about. <H5439>
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And he spake <H1696> three <H7969> thousand <H0505> proverbs: <H4912> and his songs <H7892> were a thousand <H0505> and five. <H2568>
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And he spake <H1696> of trees, <H6086> from the cedar tree <H0730> that [is] in Lebanon <H3844> even unto the hyssop <H0231> that springeth out <H3318> of the wall: <H7023> he spake <H1696> also of beasts, <H0929> and of fowl, <H5775> and of creeping things, <H7431> and of fishes. <H1709>
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And there came <H0935> of all people <H5971> to hear <H8085> the wisdom <H2451> of Solomon, <H8010> from all kings <H4428> of the earth, <H0776> which had heard <H8085> of his wisdom. <H2451>