1 Kings 4:7-28

7Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each deputy had to provide food for a month in the year. 8And these were their names: Ben-hur, in the 1hill country of Ephraim; 9Ben-deker in Makaz and 2Shaalbim, and 3Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan; 10Ben-hesed in Arubboth (4Socoh was his and all the land of 5Hepher); 11Ben-abinadab in all 6the 7hills of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife); 12Baana the son of Ahilud in 8Taanach and Megiddo, and all 9Beth-shean which is beside 10Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to 11Abel-meholah as far as the other side of 12Jokmeam; 13Ben-geber in 13Ramoth-gilead (14the villages of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: 15the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo in 16Mahanaim; 1517Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon); 16Baana the son of 18Hushai in Asher and 19Bealoth; 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar; 1820Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin; 19Geber the son of Uri in the land of Gilead, 21the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.

2022Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the 23seashore in abundance; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.

212425Now Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms 26from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; 27they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22Solomon’s 28provision for one day was 29thirty kors of fine flour and 30sixty kors of meal, 23ten fat oxen, twenty 31pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened geese. 24For he was ruling over everything 32west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah even to 33Gaza, 34over all the kings 35west of the River; and 36he had peace on all sides surrounding him. 2537So Judah and Israel lived securely, everyone under his vine and his fig tree, 38from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 2639Solomon had 40forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27And those deputies provided food for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they allowed nothing to be lacking. 28They also brought barley and straw for the war horses and 41baggage horses to the place where it was required, each deputy according to his duty.