Catholic Public Domain Version

1 Kings 4:20-28 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

20. Judah and Israel were innumerable, like the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.

21. Now Solomon had, in his dominion, all the kingdoms, from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt. And they offered gifts to him, and they served him all the days of his life.

22. And the provisions of Solomon, for each day, were thirty cor of fine wheat flour, and sixty cor of meal,

23. ten fattened oxen, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred rams, aside from the venison of stags, roe deer, and gazelles, and fattened poultry.

24. For he had obtained the entire region which was beyond the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza, and all the kings of those regions. And he had peace on every side all around.

25. And so, Judah and Israel were living without any fear, each one under his own vine and under his own fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, during all the days of Solomon.

26. And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand riding horses.

27. And the above-stated commanders of the king nourished these. And they also offered the necessities for the table of king Solomon, with immense diligence, each in his time.

28. Also, they brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden, to the place where the king was, just as it was appointed to them.