²¹ And Solomon ruled^(A) over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River^(B) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.^(C) These countries brought tribute^(D) and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

²² Solomon’s daily provisions^(E) were thirty cors^[a] of the finest flour and sixty cors^[b] of meal, ²³ ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.^{(F) 24} For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah^(G) to Gaza, and had peace^(H) on all sides.

²³ King Solomon was greater in riches^(A) and wisdom^(B) than all the other kings of the earth.

²⁷ The king made silver as common^(A) in Jerusalem as stones,^(B) and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig^(C) trees in the foothills.