Solomon’s Provisions

²⁰ Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea;^(A) they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing. ^21 [a]Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.^(B) They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.^(C)

²² Solomon’s provisions for one day were 150 bushels^[b] of fine flour and 300 bushels^[c] of meal, ²³ 10 fattened oxen, 20 range oxen, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,^{[d](D) 24} for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders. ²⁵ Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba,^(E) each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.^{(F) 26} Solomon had 40,000^[e] stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.^{(G) 27} Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing. ²⁸ Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses^(H) to the required place according to his assignment.^[f]