22-23. This is the amount of food that Solomon needed each day for himself and for everyone who ate at his table: 150 bushels of fine flour, 300 bushels of flour, 10 cattle that were fed grain, 20 cattle that were raised in the fields, 100 sheep, wild animals such as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and game birds.
24. Solomon ruled over all the countries west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza. And Solomon had peace along all the borders of his kingdom.
25. During Solomon’s life everyone in Judah and Israel, all the way from Dan to Beersheba, lived in peace and security. The people were at peace sitting under their own fig trees and grapevines.
26. Solomon had places to keep 4000 horses for his chariots and he had 12,000 horse soldiers.
27. And each month one of the twelve district governors gave King Solomon everything he needed for all the people who ate at the king’s table.
28. The district governors also gave the king enough straw and barley for the chariot horses and the riding horses. Everyone brought this grain to the necessary places.
29. God made Solomon very wise. Solomon could understand more than you can imagine.
30. He was wiser than anyone in the East or in Egypt.
31. He was wiser than anyone on earth, even Ethan the Ezrahite and the sons of Mahol—Heman, Calcol, and Darda. King Solomon became famous in all the surrounding countries.
32. By the end of his life, he had written 3000 proverbs and 1005 songs.
33. Solomon also knew very much about nature. He taught about many different kinds of plants—everything from the great cedar trees of Lebanon to the little vines that grow out of the walls. He also taught about animals, birds, and snakes.
34. People from every nation came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom. Kings all over the world sent their people to listen to him.