23 ten fat oxen, twenty [a]pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened geese. 24 For he was ruling over everything [b]west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah even to (A)Gaza, (B)over all the kings [c]west of the River; and (C)he had peace on all sides surrounding him. 25 (D)So Judah and Israel lived securely, everyone under his vine and his fig tree, (E)from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 4:23 Lit oxen of the pasture
  2. 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond
  3. 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond

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.(A) 24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah(B) to Gaza, and had peace(C) on all sides. 25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,(D) lived in safety,(E) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.(F)

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