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  1. The royal eats<\/em>. Lots of animal protein and carbs: \u201cSolomon\u2019s daily provisions consisted of 30 kors of semolina, and 60 kors of [ordinary] flour; 10 fattened oxen, 20 pasture-fed oxen, and 100 sheep and goats, besides deer and gazelles, roebucks and fatted geese\u201d (verses 2-3).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The royal rides<\/em>. For the first time in Israel – a royal cavalry. And he doesn\u2019t hold back: \u201cSolomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariotry and 12,000 horsemen\u201d (verse 6). Too many horses is supposed to set off warning bells. But if you don\u2019t remember why – turn back 122 chapters to Deut. 17…<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Speaking of trees….<\/em> According to verse 13 Solomon \u201cdiscoursed about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; and he discoursed about beasts, birds, creeping things, and fishes.\u201d That is, he spoke about them, not to them. But in later midrashim, we find Solomon\u2019s preternatural wisdom enlarged to include direct communication with the animal and vegetable kingdoms.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Corv\u00e9e<\/em>. Who were the many people who did all of Solomon\u2019s labors? “King Solomon imposed forced labor on all Israel; the levy came to 30,000 men\u2026Solomon also had 70,000 porters and 80,000 quarriers in the hills, apart from Solomon\u2019s 3,300 officials who were in charge of the work and supervised the gangs doing the work” (verses 27-30). 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