1 Kings 4:20-28
Judah’s and Israel’s Abundance and Security
20aJudah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the 1seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and being glad.
211,aNow Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms bfrom the 2River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; cthey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22And Solomon’s 1provision for one day was 2thirty kors of fine flour and 3sixty kors of meal, 23ten fat oxen, twenty 1pasture-fed oxen, one hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24For he had dominion over everything 1west of the 2River, from Tiphsah even to aGaza, bover all the kings 3west of the 4River; and che had peace on all sides around about him. 25aSo Judah and Israel lived in security, every man under his vine and his fig tree, bfrom Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 26aSolomon had 140,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 27And these deputies sustained King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking. 28They also brought barley and straw for the horses and aswift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to the legal judgment for him.