²³ ten ·cows that were fed on good grain [fat oxen], twenty ·cows [oxen] that were raised in the fields, one hundred sheep, deer, gazelles, and roe deer, and ·fattened birds [choice poultry].

²⁴ Solomon ·controlled [ruled; had dominion over] all the countries west of the ·Euphrates River [^LRiver]—the land from Tiphsah to Gaza. And he had peace on all ·sides of his kingdom [his borders/frontiers]. ²⁵ During Solomon’s life Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba [^Cthe extreme north to the extreme south], also lived in ·peace [safety]; all of his people were able to sit under their own fig trees and grapevines.