King Solomon was king over all Israel. 1Ch 12:381Ki 11:131Ki 11:35-361Ki 12:19-202Ch 9:302Sa 5:5Ecc 1:12 These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; 1Co 12:28Exo 18:211Ch 27:171Ch 6:8-102Sa 20:23-262Sa 8:15-18 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; 2Sa 8:161Ch 18:151Ch 18:62Sa 20:24-25Isa 62:6 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 1Ki 2:351Ki 2:26-27 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend; 1Ch 27:332Sa 15:372Sa 16:161Ki 1:10-531Ki 4:72Sa 12:1-152Sa 12:252Sa 19:37-38 Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor. 1Ki 12:181Ki 9:152Sa 20:241Ki 5:13-14
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year. 1Ch 27:1-15 These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; Jos 24:33Jdg 17:1Jdg 19:1 Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan; 1Sa 6:121Sa 6:20Jdg 1:35Jos 19:42Jos 21:16 Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him); Jos 12:17Jos 15:35Jos 17:2 Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife); Jos 11:2Jos 12:23Jos 17:11Jdg 1:27 Baana 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; Jos 17:111Ki 19:16Jdg 5:19Jos 3:161Ch 6:681Ki 18:461Ki 7:461Sa 31:10 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him); Deu 3:4Num 32:411Ki 22:32Ki 9:12Ki 9:14Deu 3:13-14Deu 3:8Deu 4:43 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 2Sa 17:242Sa 17:272Sa 2:8Gen 32:2Jos 13:26 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife); 1Ki 4:111Sa 18:182Sa 15:27Jos 19:32-39 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; 2Sa 15:32Jos 19:24-31 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; Jos 19:17-23 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; 1Ki 1:8Jos 18:20-28Zec 12:13 Geber 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 who was in the land. Deu 2:26Jos 13:9-12Num 21:21-35
Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. 1Ki 3:8Gen 22:17Gen 32:121Ch 12:391Sa 30:16Act 2:46Ecc 2:24Gen 13:16 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. Gen 15:18Jos 1:4Psa 68:291Ki 4:242Ch 9:26-31Exo 23:312Ch 17:52Ch 32:23 Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors 1 of fine flour, sixty measures of meal, ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. Neh 5:17-18 For he had dominion over all on this side of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on all sides around him. 1Ch 22:9Psa 72:111Ki 4:211Ki 5:4Gen 10:19Heb 7:1-2Isa 9:7Luk 2:14 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. Mic 4:4Zec 3:102Ki 18:31Jdg 20:1Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-162Sa 17:112Sa 24:15 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 2Ch 1:142Ch 9:252Sa 8:41Ki 10:25-26Deu 17:16Psa 20:7 Those officers provided food for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking. They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty. Est 8:10Est 8:14Mic 1:13 God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore. 1Ki 3:12Jas 3:171Ki 4:20Ecc 2:26Jas 1:17Jas 1:52Ch 1:10-12Isa 60:5 Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. Dan 5:11-12Gen 25:6Act 7:22Dan 1:20Job 1:3Isa 19:11-12Mat 2:1Mat 2:16 For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around. 1Ch 15:191Ch 2:61Ki 3:121Ch 6:33Luk 11:31Mat 12:42Psa 89:1-521Ch 15:17 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five. Mat 13:35Pro 1:1-31Sng 1:1-17Ecc 12:9 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. 2Ki 19:23Psa 51:7Psa 92:12Exo 12:22Gen 1:20-25Heb 9:19Num 19:18Num 24:6 People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. 2Ch 9:231Ki 10:12Ch 9:1Isa 2:2Zec 8:23