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Then the king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.

So Shimei got up and saddled his donkey, and he went to Gath, to Achish, to search for his slaves. So Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.

Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and he took the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the city of David until he finished building his house, the house of Yahweh, and the walls of Jerusalem all around.

Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father; only he was sacrificing and offering incense on the high places.

Then Solomon said, "You have shown great loyal love with your servant David my father, as he walked before you in faithfulness and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with you. You have shown for him this great loyal love, and you have given a son to him who is sitting on his throne as it is this day.

Then Solomon awoke, and look, it was a dream, and he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and he offered burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings, and he held a feast for all of his servants.

Then the king answered and said, "Give the living child to her, and do not kill him; she is his mother."

Now these are the officials who were his: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest.

Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, and they sustained the king and his palace, each one was to sustain for each month of the year.

Ben-Hesed was in the Arubbot; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were his.

Ben-Abinadab was in all of Naphat of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.

Ben-Geber was in Ramoth-Gilead; the villages of Jair, the son of Manasseh which are in the Gilead were his, and the region of Argob which is in the Bashan, sixty great cities, with walls having crossbars of bronze, were his.

Now Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and up to the border of Egypt, who were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.

Judah and Israel lived in security, each man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

Now Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his war chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

These governors sustained King Solomon and all who came near to the table of King Solomon, each in his month; they did not omit anything.

The barley and the straw for the horses and for packhorses they brought to the place where they were, each according to his share.

He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.

They came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him as king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend for David.