1 Kings 4:7-28

7Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who 1provided for the king and his household; each man had to 2provide for a month in the year. 8These are their names: Ben-hur, in the 3hill country of Ephraim; 9Ben-deker in Makaz and 4Shaalbim and 5Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan; 10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (6Socoh was his and all the land of 7Hepher); 11Ben-abinadab, in all 8the 9height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife); 12Baana the son of Ahilud, in 10Taanach and Megiddo, and all 11Beth-shean which is beside 12Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to 13Abel-meholah as far as the other side of 14Jokmeam; 13Ben-geber, in 15Ramoth-gilead (16the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: 17the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in 18Mahanaim; 1519Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon); 16Baana the son of 20Hushai, in Asher and 21Bealoth; 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 1822Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; 19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, 23the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.

2024Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the 25seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

212627Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms 28from the 29River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; 30they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22Solomon’s 31provision for one day was thirty 32kors of fine flour and sixty 33kors of meal, 23ten fat oxen, twenty 34pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24For he had dominion over everything 35west of the 36River, from Tiphsah even to 37Gaza, 38over all the kings 39west of the 40River; and 41he had peace on all sides around about him. 2542So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, 43from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 2644Solomon had 4540,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 27Those deputies 46provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking. 28They also brought barley and straw for the horses and 47swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.