23. ten grain-fed cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, one hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, and geese.
24. Solomon ruled the whole region west of the River Euphrates, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and he was at peace with all the countries around him.
25. Everyone living in Israel, from the town of Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, was safe as long as Solomon lived. Each family sat undisturbed beneath its own grapevines and fig trees.
26. Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses and twelve thousand chariot soldiers.
27. Each of the twelve regional officers brought food to Solomon and his household for one month of the year. They provided everything he needed,
28. as well as barley and straw for the horses.
29. Solomon was brilliant. God had blessed him with insight and understanding.
30-31. He was wiser than anyone else in the world, including the wisest people of the east and of Egypt. He was even wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Mahol's three sons, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. Solomon became famous in every country around Judah and Israel.
32. Solomon wrote three thousand wise sayings and composed more than a thousand songs.
33. He could talk about all kinds of plants, from large trees to small bushes, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
34. Kings all over the world heard about Solomon's wisdom and sent people to listen to him teach.