1 AMakhosi 4:29-33

UNkulunkulu wamnika uSolomoni ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda okukhulu kakhulu, nengqondo esabalele okwesihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle. Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni kwakukukhulu kwedlula ukuhlakanipha kwabantu bonke basempumalanga nakho konke ukuhlakanipha kwaseGibhithe. Wayehlakaniphe kunabo bonke abantu: kuno-Ethani umEzra, uHemani, uKalikoli, uDarda, amadodana kaMaholi, negama lakhe lalisezizweni zonke, nxazonke. Waqamba izaga eziyizi-3 000; amaculo akhe ayeyi-1 005. Wacwaninga ngezihlahla, kusukela kuwo umsedari oseLebhanoni kuze kube kulo ihisophi elimila odongeni; wacwaninga ngezinkomo, ngezinyoni, ngezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo nangezinhlanzi.