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Solomon's kingdom

20 The people in Judah and Israel were too many to count. There were as many of them as the sand on the shore of the sea. They had enough to eat and to drink and they were happy.

21 Solomon ruled over all the nations from the Euphrates river to the land of the Philistines, as far as Egypt's border. The people of these kingdoms paid taxes to Solomon. They served him all the days of his life.

22 This is the food that Solomon and the people in his palace ate each day:

5,000 litres of flour.

10,000 litres of grain.

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