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25 During Solomon’s life everyone in Judah and Israel, all the way from Dan to Beersheba, lived in peace and security. The people were at peace sitting under their own fig trees and grapevines.

26 Solomon had places to keep 4000[a] horses for his chariots and he had 12,000 horse soldiers. 27 And each month one of the twelve district governors gave King Solomon everything he needed for all the people who ate at the king’s table.

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  1. 1 Kings 4:26 4000 This is found in some copies of the ancient Greek version. The standard Hebrew text has 40,000, but see 2 Chron. 9:25.

25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,(A) lived in safety,(B) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.(C)

26 Solomon had four[a] thousand stalls for chariot horses,(D) and twelve thousand horses.[b]

27 The district governors,(E) each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

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  1. 1 Kings 4:26 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 9:25); Hebrew forty
  2. 1 Kings 4:26 Or charioteers