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4:1 King <04428> Solomon <08010> ruled <04428> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>. 4:2 These <0428> were his officials <08269>: Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Zadok <06659> was the priest <03548>. 4:3 Elihoreph <0456> and Ahijah <0281>, the sons <01121> of Shisha <07894>, wrote down what happened. Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> was in charge of the records. 4:4 Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> was commander of the army <06635>. Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> were priests <03548>. 4:5 Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Nathan <05416> was supervisor <05921> of the district <05324> governors. Zabud <02071> son <01121> of Nathan <05416> was a priest <03548> and adviser <07463> to the king <04428>. 4:6 Ahishar <0301> was supervisor of <05921> the palace <01004>. Adoniram <0141> son <01121> of Abda <05653> was supervisor of <05921> the work crews <04522>. 4:7 Solomon <08010> had twelve <06240> <08147> district governors <05324> appointed <05921> throughout <03605> Israel <03478> who acquired supplies <03557> for the king <04428> and his palace <01004>. Each <0259> was <01961> responsible <03557> for one month <02320> in <05921> the year <08141>. 4:8 These <0428> were their names <08034>: Ben-Hur <01133> was in charge of the hill country <02022> of Ephraim <0669>. 4:9 Ben-Deker <01128> was in charge of Makaz <04739>, Shaalbim <08169>, Beth Shemesh <01053>, and Elon Beth Hanan <0358>. 4:10 Ben-Hesed <01136> was in charge of Arubboth <0700>; he controlled Socoh <07755> and all <03605> the territory <0776> of Hepher <02660>. 4:11 Ben-Abinadab <01125> was in charge of Naphath Dor <01756>. (He was <01961> married <0802> to Solomon’s <08010> daughter <01323> Taphath <02955>.) 4:12 Baana <01195> son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> was in charge of Taanach <08590> and Megiddo <04023>, as well as all <03605> of Beth Shan <01052> next to <0681> Zarethan <06891> below <08478> Jezreel <03157>, from Beth Shan <01052> to <05704> Abel Meholah <065> and on past Jokmeam <03361>. 4:13 Ben-Geber <01127> was in charge of Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>; he controlled the tent villages <02333> of Jair <02971> son <01121> of Manasseh <04519> in Gilead <01568>, as well as the region <02256> of Argob <0709> in Bashan <01316>, including sixty <08346> large <01419> walled <02346> cities <05892> with bronze <05178> bars <01280> locking their gates. 4:14 Ahinadab <0292> son <01121> of Iddo <05714> was in charge of Mahanaim <04266>. 4:15 Ahimaaz <0290> was in charge of Naphtali <05321>. (He <01931> married <0802> <03947> Solomon’s <08010> daughter <01323> Basemath <01315>.) 4:16 Baana <01195> son <01121> of Hushai <02365> was in charge of Asher <0836> and Aloth <01175>. 4:17 Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Paruah <06515> was in charge of Issachar <03485>. 4:18 Shimei <08096> son <01121> of Ela <0414> was in charge of Benjamin <01144>. 4:19 Geber <01398> son <01121> of Uri <0221> was in charge of the land <0776> of Gilead <01568> (the territory <0776> which had once belonged to King <04428> Sihon <05511> of the Amorites <0567> and to King <04428> Og <05747> of Bashan <01316>). He was sole <0259> governor <05333> of the area <0776>. 4:20 The people of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> were as innumerable <07227> as <0834> the sand <02344> on <05921> the seashore <03220>; they had plenty <07230> to eat <0398> and drink <08354> and were happy <08056>. 4:21 Solomon <08010> ruled <04910> all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> from <04480> the Euphrates River <05104> to the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>, as far <05704> as the border <01366> of Egypt <04714>. These kingdoms paid <05066> tribute <04503> as Solomon’s <08010> subjects throughout <03605> his lifetime <02416> <03117>. 4:22 Each <0259> day <03117> Solomon’s <08010> royal court consumed <03899> thirty <07970> cors <03734> of finely milled flour <05560>, sixty <08346> cors <03734> of cereal <07058>, 4:23 ten <06235> calves <01241> fattened <01277> in the stall, twenty <06242> calves <01241> from the pasture <07471>, and a hundred <03967> sheep <06629>, not to mention <0905> rams <0354>, gazelles <06643>, deer <03180>, and well-fed <075> birds <01257>. 4:24 His royal court was so large because <03588> he ruled over <07287> all <03605> the kingdoms west <05676> of the Euphrates River <05104> from Tiphsah <08607> to <05704> Gaza <05804>; he was <01961> at peace <07965> with all <03605> his neighbors <05439> <05676>. 4:25 All the people <03427> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> had security <0983>; everyone <0376> from Dan <01835> to Beer Sheba <0884> enjoyed the produce of their vines <01612> and fig trees <08384> throughout <03605> Solomon’s <08010> lifetime <03117>. 4:26 Solomon <08010> had 4,000 <0505> <0705> stalls <0723> for his chariot <04817> horses <05483> and 12,000 <0505> <06240> <08147> horses <06571>.

• 1Ki 4:1-19 -- Solomon's Royal Court and Administrators
• 1Ki 4:20-34 -- Solomon's Wealth and Fame

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  [isbe] SOLOMON - sol'-o-mun (shelomoh; New Testament Solomon): I. EARLY LIFE 1. Name and Meaning 2. Sources 3. Birth and Upbringing 4. His Accession 5. Closing Days of David II. REIGN OF SOLOMON 1. His Vision 2. His Policy 3. Its R...
  [smith] (peaceful). I. Early life and occasion to the throne . --Solomon was the child of David?s old age, the last born of all his sons. (1 Chronicles 3:5) The yearnings of the "man of war" led him to give to the new-horn infant ...
  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• HORSE

  [ebd] always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except Isa. 28:28. The war-horse is described Job 39:19-25. For a long period after their settlement in Canaan the Israelites made no use of horses, acco...
  [isbe] HORSE - hors: 1. Names: The common names are (1) cuc, and (2) hippos. (3) The word parash, "horseman," occurs often, and in several cases is translated "horse" or "warhorse" (Isa 28:28; Ezek 27:14; Joel 2:4 the Revised Versi...
  [smith] The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive application of it to warlike operations; in no instance is that useful animal employed for the purposes of ordinary locomotion or agriculture, if...
  

• Deer

  [isbe] DEER - der ('ayyal, feminine 'ayyalah, and 'ayyeleth (compare Arabic, 'ayyal and 'iyal, "deer" and 'ayil, "ram," and Latin caper and capra, "goat," caprea, capreolus, "wild goat," "chamois," or "roe deer"); yachmur (compare ...
  [nave] DEER, called also, Fallow Deer, Hart, Hind, Roebuck. Designated among the clean animals, to be eaten, Deut. 12:15; 14:5. Provided for Solomon's household, 1 Kin. 4:23. Fleetness of, 2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Prov. 6:5; Song...
  

• Ramoth-gilead

  [isbe] RAMOTH-GILEAD - ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad, which played an importan...
  [nave] RAMOTH-GILEAD Called also Ramah, 2 Kin. 8:29; 2 Chr. 22:6. A city of Gad, and a city of refuge, Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 1 Chr. 6:80. One of Solomon's commissaries at, 1 Kin. 4:13. In the possession of the Syrians, 1 Kin. ...
  

• Micah, Book of

  [ebd] the sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book states that the prophet exercised his office in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. If we reckon from the beginning of Jotham's reign ...
  

• GENEALOGY, 1-7

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 1-7 - je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Principles of Interpretation 6. Principles of Compilation 7. Sources 8. Principa...
  

• Tax

  [nave] TAX Poll, Ex. 30:11-16; 38:26; Neh. 10:32; Luke 2:1. Jesus pays, Matt. 17:24-27. Land, Gen. 41:34, 48; 2 Kin. 23:35. Land mortgaged for, Neh. 5:3, 4. Priests exempted from, Gen. 47:26; Ezra 7:24. Paid in grain, Amos 5:1...
  

• King

  [ebd] is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited. There were thirty-one kings in Canaan (Josh. 12:9, 24), whom Joshua subdued. Adonibezek subdued seventy kings (Judg. 1:...
  [nave] KING Called King of kings, Ezra 7:12; Ezek. 26:7; Dan. 2:37. Divinely authorized, Deut. 17:15; 1 Sam. 9:16, 17; 16:12; 1 Chr. 22:10; 2 Chr. 2:11, 12; Prov. 8:15; Dan. 2:21, 37; 4:17; 5:20; Hos. 8:4; 13:11. How chosen: By d...
  

• Officer

  [isbe] OFFICER - of'-i-ser: In the King James Version the term is employed to render different words denoting various officials, domestic, civil and military, such as caric, "eunuch," "minister of state" (Gen 37:36); paqidh, "perso...
  [nave] OFFICER. Civil Chosen by the people, Deut. 1:13-16; appointed by kings, 2 Sam. 8:16-18; 20:23-26; 1 Kin. 4:1-19; 9:22; Ezra 7:25. See: Government; Judge; Ruler; Serjeant. Ecclesiastical See: Priest; Levite; Apostle; Eld...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Canaan

  [nave] CANAAN 1. Son of Ham, Gen. 9:18, 22, 25-27. Descendants of, Gen. 10:6, 15; 1 Chr. 1:8, 13. 2. Land of (The history of this region is involved in that of the Israelites. The student is therefore referred to Israel, History ...
  

• TAX; TAXING

  [isbe] TAX; TAXING - taks, taks'-ing: I. INTRODUCTION 1. General Considerations 2. Limits of the Discussion II. TAXES IN ISRAEL UNDER SELF-GOVERNMENT 1. In the Earliest Period 2. Under the Theocracy; in the Period of the Judges 3. ...
  

• Quarter Master

  [nave] QUARTER MASTER, for Solomon, 1 Kin. 4:7-19, 27.
  

• PALESTINE, 2

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 2 - III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains...
  

• Commissary

  [nave] COMMISSARY For armies, cattle driven with, 2 Kin. 3:9. See: Armies. For royal households, 1 Kin. 4:7-19, 27, 28.
  

• Azariah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah helps. (1.) Son of Ethan, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:8). (2.) Son of Ahimaaz, who succeeded his grandfather Zadok as high priest (1 Chr. 6:9; 1 Kings 4:2) in the days of Solomon. He officiated at the consec...
  [isbe] AZARIAH - az-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, "Yahweh has helped"): (1) King of Judah. See UZZIAH. (2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (1 Ch 2:8). (3) The son of Jehu, descended from an Egyptian through the daughter...
  [smith] (whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with ...
  [nave] AZARIAH 1. Son of Ethan, 1 Chr. 2:8. 2. Son of Jehu, 1 Chr. 2:38, 39. 3. Son of Zadok, 1 Kin. 4:2; perhaps identical with No. 6, below. 4. Captain of Solomon's guards, 1 Kin. 4:5. 5. A prophet, called Oded, 2 Chr. 15:1; ...
  

• Geber

  [ebd] a valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon's purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31).
  [isbe] GEBER - ge'-ber (gebher, "man," "strong one"): (1) According to 1 Ki 4:13 the King James Version the father of one of the 12 officers who provided food for Solomon and his household (but here the Revised Version (British and...
  [smith] (manly). The son of Geber resided in the fortress of Ramoth-gilead, and had charge of Havoth-jair and the district of Argob. (1 Kings 4:13) (B.C. 1013). Geber the son of Uri had a district south of the former --the "land ...
  [nave] GEBER, name of two men, officers of Solomon, 1 Kin. 4:13, 19.
  

• Cabinet

  [nave] CABINET, heads of departments in government. David's, 2 Sam. 8:15-18; 15:12; 20:23-26; 1 Chr. 27:32-34; Solomon's, 1 Kin. 4:1-7; Hezekiah's, Isa. 36:3; Artaxerxes', Ezra 7:14. See: Counselor; Minister, Prime.
  

• Baana

  [ebd] son of affliction. (1.) One of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:12). (2.) Son of Hushai, another of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:16). (3.) Father of Zadok (Neh. 3:4).
  [isbe] BAANA - ba'-a-na (Old Testament and Apocrypha; Baana; ba`ana' "son of oppression"): (1, 2) Two commissariat-officers in the service of Solomon (1 Ki 4:12; 4:16; the King James Version "Baanah"). (3) Father of Zadok, the buil...
  [smith] The son of Ahilud, Solmon?s commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the Jordan valley. (1 Kings 4:12) (B.C.1000.) Father of Zadok, who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:4) (...
  [nave] BAANA 1. Son of Ahilud, 1 Kin. 4:12. 2. Father of Zadok, Neh. 3:4.
  

• Hur

  [isbe] HUR - hur (chur): (1) A prominent official in Israel. With Aaron he held up Moses' hands during the battle against the Amalekites (Ex 17:10,12) and assisted him as judicial head of the people during Moses' stay in the mount ...
  [nave] HUR 1. An Israelite who assisted in supporting Moses's hands during battle, Ex. 17:10, 12; 24:14. 2. A son of Caleb, Ex. 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1 Chr. 2:19, 20; 2 Chr. 1:5. 3. A king of Midian, Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:21. 4. Cal...
  

• Solomon's Splendour, Wealth, and Wisdom

  

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