²⁷ And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

²⁵ And Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was controller of the king's property; Jonathan, the son of Uzziah, had control of all store-houses in country places and in the towns and little towns and strong places;

²⁶ Ezri, the son of Chelub, had authority over the field-workers and farmers;

²⁷ Shimei the Ramathite was responsible for the vine-gardens; Zabdi the Shiphmite was responsible for the produce of the vine-gardens and for all the stores of wine;

²⁸ Baal-hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees in the lowlands; and Joash for the stores of oil;

²⁹ And Shitrai the Sharonite was responsible for the herds in the grass-lands of Sharon, and Shaphat, the son of Adlai, for those in the valleys;

³⁰ Obil the Ishmaelite had control of the camels and Jehdeiah the Meronothite of the she-asses;

³¹ The flocks were in the care of Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were the controllers of King David's property.

¹² Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

²⁷ The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

⁵ So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

²² The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.