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1 Kings, Chapter 4, verses 20-34

²⁰ Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the^e Lit seaseashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.	20 Gen 22:17 Gen 32:12 Ki1 3:8
²¹ ^f Ch 5:1 in HebNow Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the^g I.e. EuphratesRiver to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.	21 Ch2 9:26 Gen 15:18 Jos 1:4 Sa2 8:2 Sa2 8:6
²² Solomon’s^h Lit breadprovision for one day was thirtyⁱ I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bukors of fine flour and sixty^j I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bukors of meal, ²³ ten fat oxen, twenty^k Lit oxen of the pasturepasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. ²⁴ For he had dominion over everything^l Lit beyondwest of the^m I.e. EuphratesRiver, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kingsⁿ Lit beyondwest of the^o I.e. EuphratesRiver; and he had peace on all sides around about him. ²⁵ So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. ²⁶ Solomon had^p One ms reads 4000, cf 2 Chr 9:2540,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. ²⁷ Those deputies^q Or nourishedprovided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking. ²⁸ They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.	24 Jdg 1:18 Psa 72:11 Ch1 22:9 25 Jer 23:6 Mic 4:4 Zec 3:10 Sa1 3:20 26 Ki1 10:26 Ch2 1:14 28 Est 8:10 Est 8:14 Mic 1:13
²⁹ Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of^r Lit heartmind, like the sand that is on the seashore. ³⁰ Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. ³¹ For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and^s In 1 Chr 2:6, DaraDarda, the sons of Mahol; and his^t Lit namefame was known in all the surrounding nations. ³² He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. ³³ He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish. ³⁴ ^u Lit theyMen came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.	29 Ki1 3:12 Ki1 4:20 30 Gen 29:1 Jdg 6:33 Isa 19:11 Act 7:22 31 Ki1 3:12 Ch1 15:19 Psa 89 Ch1 2:6 32 Pro 1:1 Pro 10:1 Pro 25:1 Ecc 12:9 Sol 1:1 34 Ki1 10:1 Ch2 9:23


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