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Judah and Israel were many, as the sand by the sea in multitude; eating and drinking and rejoicing.

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.

And Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides deer and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.

For he had the rule over all on this side of the River, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side of the River. And he had peace on all sides from around him.

And Judah and Israel lived securely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree; from Dan even to Beer-sheba all the days of Solomon.

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

And those officers provided food for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon's table, a man in his month: they did not lack anything.

They also brought barley and straw for the horses and mules to the place where the officers were, each man according to his charge.