1 Kings 4:25-32

²⁵Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

²⁶Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

²⁷Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon’s table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking.

²⁸They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.

²⁹God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.

³⁰Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

³¹For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around.

³²He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand and five.