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1 Kings 4
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| 4:1
So king Solomon was king over all Israel. |
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And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the
priest, |
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Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud, the recorder. |
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar
were the priests: |
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And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of
Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: |
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And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over
the tribute. |
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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. |
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And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: |
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The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and
Elonbethhanan: |
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The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of
Hepher: |
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The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the
daughter of Solomon to wife: |
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Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all
Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to
Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: |
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The 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: |
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Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: |
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Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to
wife: |
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Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: |
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Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: |
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Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: |
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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. |
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Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude,
eating and drinking, and making merry. |
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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. |
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And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and
threescore measures of meal, |
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Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep,
beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. |
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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. |
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And 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. |
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And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen. |
"And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses."
How many stalls did Solomon have?
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And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that
came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. |
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Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the
place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. |
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And God gave Solomon
wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the
sand that is on the sea shore. |
"He was wiser than all men."
Yet his heart "turned away ... after other gods." (1 Kings 11:4)
(4:31) "Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol"
Who was Heman's father?
 (4:32)
"He [Solomon] spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and
five."
(I think that beats Willie Nelson.)
 The Wisdom of Solomon
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| 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east
country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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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.
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And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and
five.
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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.
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And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings
of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
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