⁹ When Leah^(A) saw that she had stopped having children,^(B) she took her servant Zilpah^(C) and gave her to Jacob as a wife.^{(D) 10} Leah’s servant Zilpah^(E) bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”^[a] So she named him Gad.^[b](F)

¹⁸ Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.”^(A) So she named him Issachar.^[a](B)

²³ He acted wisely, dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions^(A) and took many wives for them.

² Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord^(A) all the years of Jehoiada the priest. ³ Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.

⁸ I amassed silver and gold^(A) for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.^(B) I acquired male and female singers,^(C) and a harem^[a] as well—the delights of a man’s heart. ⁹ I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem^(D) before me.^(E) In all this my wisdom stayed with me.