1And King Salomon was King ouer all Israel. 2And these [were] the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, 3Elihoreph and Ahiah the sonnes of Shisha scribes, Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder, 4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests: 5And Azariah the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers, and Zabud the sonne of Nathan Priest was the Kings friend, 6And Ahishar was ouer the houshold: and Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tribute. 7And Salomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vitailes for the King and his housholde: eche man had a moneth in the yeere to prouide vitailes. 8And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim: 9The sonne of Dekar in Makaz, and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, and Elon and Beth-hanan: 10The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom perteined Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 11The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, which had Taphath the daughter of Salomon to wife. 12Baana the sonne of Ahilud in Taanach, & Megiddo, & in all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Izreel, from Beth-shean to Abelmeholah, eue til beyond ouer against Iokmeam: 13The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; 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: 14Ahinadab the sonne of Iddo had to Mahanaim: 15Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he tooke Basmath the daughter of Salomon to wife: 16Baanah the sonne of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth: 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 18Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin: 19Geber the sonne of Vri in the countrey of Gilead, the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, and of Og King of Bashan, and was officer alone in the land. 20Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. 21And 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. 22And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale: 23Ten fat oxen, and twentie oxen of the pastures, and an hundreth sheepe, beside hartes, and buckes, and bugles, and fat foule. 24For 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. 25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 26And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen. 27And these officers prouided vitaile for king Salomon, and for all that came to King Salomons table, euery man his moneth, and they suffred to lacke nothing. 28Barley also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge. 29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore. 30And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31For he was wiser then any man: yea, then were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman, then Chalcol, then Darda the sonnes of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about. 32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 33And 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. 34And there came of all people to heare the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisedome.