1So King Solomon ruled over Israel,stylus1 Kings 12:19, 1 Kings 12:20, 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Chronicles 12:38, Ecclesiastes 1:122and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;stylusExodus 18:21, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Exodus 18:21, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Chronicles 27:173Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;stylus2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 8:16, 1 Chronicles 18:15, 2 Samuel 20:24, 2 Samuel 20:254Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;stylus1 Kings 2:35, 1 Kings 2:35, 1 Kings 2:26, 1 Kings 2:27, 1 Kings 2:265Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;stylus2 Samuel 16:16, 1 Chronicles 27:33, 2 Samuel 15:37, 2 Samuel 16:16, 1 Chronicles 27:336Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.stylus1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 12:18, 2 Samuel 20:24, 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 12:187Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,stylus1 Chronicles 27:1, 1 Chronicles 27:15, 1 Chronicles 27:1, 1 Chronicles 27:158and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;stylusJoshua 24:33, Joshua 24:33, Judges 19:1, Judges 17:1, Judges 19:19Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;stylus1 Samuel 6:12, Joshua 21:16, Joshua 19:42, Judges 1:35, 1 Samuel 6:2010Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);stylusJoshua 12:17, Joshua 15:35, Joshua 12:17, Joshua 15:35, Joshua 17:211Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);stylusJoshua 11:2, Joshua 11:2, Joshua 12:23, Joshua 17:11, Joshua 12:2312Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;stylusJoshua 17:11, Joshua 17:11, Judges 5:19, Joshua 3:16, 1 Kings 19:1613Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);stylusNumbers 32:41, Deuteronomy 3:4, Numbers 32:41, Deuteronomy 3:4, 1 Kings 22:314Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;stylusJoshua 13:26, 2 Samuel 17:24, Genesis 32:2, 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 17:2715Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);stylus1 Samuel 18:18, 1 Kings 4:11, Joshua 19:32, Joshua 19:39, 2 Samuel 15:2716Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;stylus2 Samuel 15:32, Joshua 19:24, Joshua 19:31, 2 Samuel 15:32, Joshua 19:2417Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;stylusJoshua 19:17, Joshua 19:23, Joshua 19:17, Joshua 19:2318Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;stylus1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:8, Joshua 18:20, Joshua 18:28, Zechariah 12:1319Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.stylusDeuteronomy 2:26, Deuteronomy 3:17, Deuteronomy 2:26, Deuteronomy 3:17, Joshua 13:920The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.stylusGenesis 22:17, 1 Kings 3:8, Genesis 22:17, 1 Kings 3:8, Genesis 32:1221And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.stylusGenesis 15:18, Genesis 15:18, Joshua 1:4, Joshua 1:4, Psalms 68:2922Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,stylus23ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.stylusNehemiah 5:17, Nehemiah 5:18, Nehemiah 5:17, Nehemiah 5:1824For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.stylus1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 22:9, Psalms 72:11, Psalms 72:11, Genesis 10:1925Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.stylusMicah 4:4, Micah 4:4, Zechariah 3:10, Zechariah 3:10, Judges 20:126Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.stylus2 Chronicles 1:14, 2 Chronicles 1:14, 2 Chronicles 9:25, 2 Chronicles 9:25, 2 Samuel 8:427Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.stylus28Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.stylusEsther 8:10, Micah 1:13, Esther 8:14, Esther 8:10, Micah 1:1329And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.stylus1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:12, James 3:17, James 3:17, James 1:530Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.stylusDaniel 5:11, Daniel 5:12, Genesis 25:6, Acts 7:22, Daniel 5:1131He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.stylus1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 15:19, 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 15:19, 1 Kings 3:1232Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.stylusEcclesiastes 12:9, Ecclesiastes 12:9, Matthew 13:35, Song of Solomon 1:1, Song of Solomon 1:1733He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.stylusPsalms 51:7, 2 Kings 19:23, Psalms 92:12, Psalms 51:7, 2 Kings 19:2334So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.stylus2 Chronicles 9:23, 2 Chronicles 9:23, 1 Kings 10:1, 1 Kings 10:1, Zechariah 8:23
