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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.
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26 ) And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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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.
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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.
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29 ) And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
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30 ) And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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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.
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32 ) And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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33 ) And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springs out of the wall: he spoke also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
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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.