I Kings 4 Solomon's princes and the greatness of his kingdom

 I Kings 4

Solomon's princes and the greatness of his kingdom

1 So Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And these were the princes that he had: Azariah, son of Zadok, priest;
3 Elioreph and Ahijah, son of Sisa, secretaries; Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, chancellor;
4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan over the providers; and Zabud, son of Nathan, chief officer, friend of the king;
6 And Aishar the steward; Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute.
7 And Solomon had twelve providers over all Israel, who provided for the king and his house: and each one had to provide for a month in the year.
8 And these are his names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;
9 Ben-Deker in Machash, and in Shaalbim, and in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon, and in Beth-hanan;
10 Ben-Hesede in Aruboth; he also had Shocoh and all the land of Hepher;
11 Ben-Abinadab in all the territory of Dor: he had Taphath, Solomon's daughter, for a wife;
12 Baana the son of Ahilud had Tanak, and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zardanah, under Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeola, beyond Jacneam.
13 The son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; these had the villages of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; also had the border of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of copper;
14 Ahinadab, son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he also took Basmath, Solomon's daughter, to wife;
16 Baana the son of Hushai in Asher and in Alot;
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Isaacar;
18 Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin;
19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and there was only one garrison in that land.
20 So there were many of Judah and Israel, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude, eating, drinking, and rejoicing.
21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt; who brought gifts, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 So Solomon's daily supply was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of flour:
23 Ten fat cows, and twenty pasture cows, and a hundred rams, besides the deer, and the wild goats, and the roebucks, and barley fowl.
24 For he ruled over all that was on this side of the river from Tifsa to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the river: and he had peace on all sides around him.
25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each one under his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 Solomon also had forty thousand stables of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 So these providers provided, each in his month, for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon's table: nothing was missing.
28 And they brought barley and straw for the horses and for the riders, to the place where each one was, according to his charge.