The First Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings 4

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² And these were the princes which he had Azariah the son of Zadok the priest ⚑

⁴ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests ⚑

⁵ And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer and the king’s friend ⚑

⁶ And Ahishar was over the household and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute ⚑

⁷ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel which provided victuals for the king and his household each man his month in a year made provision ⚑

⁸ And these are their names The son of Hur in mount Ephraim ⚑

¹⁰ The son of Hesed in Aruboth to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Hepher ⚑

¹¹ The son of Abinadab in all the region of Dor which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife ⚑

¹² Baana the son of Ahilud to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth-shean which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam ⚑

¹³ The son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which are in Gilead to him also pertained the region of Argob which is in Bashan threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars ⚑

¹⁹ Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan and he was the only officer which was in the land ⚑

²⁰ Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude eating and drinking and making merry ⚑

²¹ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt they brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life ⚑

²⁴ For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river from Tiphsah even to Azzah over all the kings on this side the river and he had peace on all sides round about him ⚑

²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt safely every man under his vine and under his fig tree from Dan even to Beer-sheba all the days of Solomon ⚑

²⁷ And those officers provided victual for king Solomon and for all that came unto king lomon’s table every man in his month they lacked nothing ⚑

²⁸ Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were every man according to his charge ⚑

³¹ For he was wiser than all men than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman and Chalcol and Darda the sons of Mahol and his fame was in all nations round about ⚑

³³ And he spake of trees from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall he spake also of beasts and of fowl and of creeping things and of fishes ⚑

³⁴ And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon from all kings of the earth which had heard of his wisdom ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain