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Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

וְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֹׁתִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂמֵחִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.

וּשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֹבְדִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;

וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵ֣אָה (וּ) u. “and”וּצְבִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְיַחְמ֔וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַרְבֻּרִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁל֗וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”

So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַ֣חַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.

וּשְׁנֵים־ (וּ) u. “and”

And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.

וְאֵ֧ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.

וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַתֶּ֔בֶן (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

וּתְבוּנָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְרֹ֣חַב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

וּמִכֹּ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

וְהֵימָ֧ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַלְכֹּ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַרְדַּ֖ע (וְ) ve. “and”

He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.

וָאָֽלֶף׃ (וָ) va. “and”

He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

וְעַד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.

וְעַתָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

וְהִנְנִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as t

וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִכְרְתוּ־ (וְ) ve. “so”וַֽעֲבָדַי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וּשְׂכַ֤ר (וּ) u. “and”

Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

וּבַעֲצֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for

וַ֠אֲנִי (וַ֠) Va. “and”וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

וַעֲצֵ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

וּשְׁלֹמֹה֩ (וּ) u. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.

וַיהוָ֗ה (וַ) va. “and”וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”

And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

וַאֲדֹנִירָ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”

In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ (וּ) u. “and”