27 His twelve governors, each one in the month assigned to him, supplied the food King Solomon needed for himself and for all who ate in the palace; they always supplied everything needed.
28 Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw, where it was needed, for the chariot horses and the draught animals.
29 God gave Solomon unusual wisdom and insight, and knowledge too great to be measured.
30 Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt.
31 He was the wisest of all men: wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame spread throughout all the neighbouring countries.
32 He composed 3,000 proverbs and more than a thousand songs.
33 He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls; he talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.