Midrash for I Kings 5:3

“I purchased myself slaves and maidservants and I had stewards. I also had great possession of herds and flocks, beyond all who preceded me in Jerusalem” (Ecclesiastes 2:7).
“I purchased myself slaves and maidservants,” as it is written: “All the Netinim and the children of Solomon’s slaves were three hundred and ninety-two” (Nehemiah 7:60). “And I had stewards,” as it is stated: “Those officials provided for King [Solomon]…they lacked nothing” (I Kings 5:7). What is, “they lacked nothing”? Rabbi Ḥama bar Ḥanina said: Solomon’s table never lacked [anything], neither a rose¹⁷There is a variant reading, with beets [tered] rather than rose [vered]. in the summer nor cucumbers in the rainy season; rather, they would taste them throughout the year.
“I also had great possession of herds and flocks” – and it says: “And fattened fowl” (I Kings 5:3). What are “fattened fowl [barburim]”? They are species of fowl grown in cages [birberayya]. Rabbi Berekhya [said] in the name of Rabbi Yehuda: It was a large bird, which was outstanding, and exceptional, and it would ascend and perch on his table each and every day. From where would it come? Each day, it would come from Barbary.

(Devarim 32:14) "Cream from the herd and milk from he flock": as in the days of Solomon, viz. (I Kings 5:3) "ten fattened oxen, twenty oxen from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, etc." "with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan and he-goats": as in the days of the ten tribes, viz. (Amos 6:4) "eating the fattened sheep of the flock and calves from inside the stall." "with wheat (as fat as) the fat of kidneys": as in the days of Solomon, viz. (I Kings 5:2) "And Solomon's provision for one day was, etc." "and the blood of the grape did you drink (as choice) wine": as in the days of the ten tribes, viz. (Amos 6:6) "who drink wine out of bowls."