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2And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
2These were his high-ranking officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were the court secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian;
4and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
4Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the commander of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king’s friend;
5Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the regional governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king’s personal advisor;
6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.
6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
7Solomon had twelve regional governors over all Israel. They were responsible for providing food for the king and his royal household; each man was responsible for one month out of the year.
8And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
8These were their names: Ben-Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
9Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);
10Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth (he was also in charge of Socoh and all the land of Hepher);
11Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife);
11Ben-Abinadab, in all of Naphoth-dor (he was married to Taphath, Solomon’s daughter);
12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
12Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as Jokmeam;
13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);
13Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he was in charge of the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead, and the region of Argob in Bashan, including sixty large walled cities with bronze bars on their gates);
15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);
15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he was married to Basemath, another of Solomon’s daughters);
19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer that was in the land.
19Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead (the country formerly ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan). There was also one chief governor over the whole land.
20Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They were happy, with plenty to eat and drink.
21And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
21Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. These nations paid him taxes and served him throughout his life.
22And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
22Solomon’s daily food requirement was 185 bushels of fine flour and 375 bushels of meal,
23ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.
23ten fattened oxen, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and choice poultry.
24For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
24He ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and he had peace on every side.
25And 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.
25During Solomon’s lifetime, the people of Judah and Israel lived in safety, everyone sitting under their own vine and fig tree, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.
26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
26Solomon had 40,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses for his cavalry.
27And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
27The twelve regional governors provided food for King Solomon and everyone who ate at his table. Each man made sure nothing was missing during his assigned month.
28Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
28They also brought barley and straw for the chariot horses and other work horses to the required places, according to their individual assignments.
29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
29God gave Solomon great wisdom, extremely deep insight, and a mind as vast as the sand on the seashore.
30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
30Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.
31He was wiser than anyone else—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame spread to all the surrounding nations.
32And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
32He composed 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs.
33And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
33He could describe all kinds of plants, from the great cedar trees of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also taught about animals, birds, small scurrying creatures, and fish.