1 Kings 10:23-24
King James Version
23 So king Solomon exceeded
all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon,
to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart.
Solomon succeeded his father, king David.
GOD gifted Solomon with wisdom.
But because he didn't ask for wealth, GOD gave him that, too.
And more.
1 Kings 4:1
King James Version
4 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
1 Kings 4:21-34
King James Version
21 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.
22 And Solomon's provision for one day
was thirty measures of fine flour,
and threescore measures of meal,
23 Ten fat oxen,
and twenty oxen out of the pastures,
and an hundred sheep,
beside harts, and roebucks,
and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
24 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.
25 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.
26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses
for his chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 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.
28 Barley also and straw for the horses
and dromedaries brought they unto the place
where the officers were,
every man according to his charge.
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom
and understanding exceeding much,
and largeness of heart,
even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom
of all the children of the east country,
and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 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.
32 And he spake three thousand proverbs:
and his songs were a thousand and five.
33 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.
34 And there came of all people
to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
from all kings of the earth,
which had heard of his wisdom.
Because it had been prophesied, Solomon builds the HOUSE for GOD, taking seven years to do so.
Finally, the ark of the covenant can be brought in.
Experience that event on the next post.
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SOLOMON's sons and 12 officers
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