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1 Kings 4

4:1

So king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>

was king
<04428>

over all Israel
<03478>_.

4:2

And these [were] the princes
<08269>

which he had; Azariah
<05838>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>

the priest
<03548>_,

{priest: or, chief officer}

4:3

Elihoreph
<0456>

and Ahiah
<0281>_,

the sons
<01121>

of Shisha
<07894>_,

scribes
<05608> (8802)_;

Jehoshaphat
<03092>

the son
<01121>

of Ahilud
<0286>_,

the recorder
<02142> (8688)_.

{scribes: or, secretaries} {recorder: or, remembrancer}

4:4

And Benaiah
<01141>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

[was] over the host
<06635>_:

and Zadok
<06659>

and Abiathar
<054>

[were] the priests
<03548>_:

4:5

And Azariah
<05838>

the son
<01121>

of Nathan
<05416>

[was] over the officers
<05324> (8737)_:

and Zabud
<02071>

the son
<01121>

of Nathan
<05416>

[was] principal officer
<03548>_,

[and] the king's
<04428>

friend
<07463>_:

4:6

And Ahishar
<0301>

[was] over the household
<01004>_:

and Adoniram
<0141>

the son
<01121>

of Abda
<05653>

[was] over the tribute
<04522>_.

{tribute: or, levy}

4:7

And Solomon
<08010>

had twelve
<08147> <06240>

officers
<05324> (8737)

over all Israel
<03478>_,

which provided victuals
<03557> (8773)

for the king
<04428>

and his household
<01004>_:

each man
<0259>

his month
<02320>

in a year
<08141>

made provision
<03557> (8771)_.

4:8

And these [are] their names
<08034>_:

The son of Hur
<01133>_,

in mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_:

{The son...: or, Benhur}

4:9

The son of Dekar
<01128> (8677) <01857>_,

in Makaz
<04739>_,

and in Shaalbim
<08169>_,

and Bethshemesh
<01053>_,

and Elonbethhanan
<0358>_:

{The son...: or, Bendekar}

4:10

The son of Hesed
<01136> (8676) <02618>_,

in Aruboth
<0700>_;

to him [pertained] Sochoh
<07755>_,

and all the land
<0776>

of Hepher
<02660>_:

{The son...: or, Benhesed}

4:11

The son of Abinadab
<01125>_,

in all the region
<05299>

of Dor
<01756>_;

which had Taphath
<02955>

the daughter
<01323>

of Solomon
<08010>

to wife
<0802>_:

{The son...: or, Benabinadab}

4:12

Baana
<01195>

the son
<01121>

of Ahilud
<0286>_;

[to him pertained] Taanach
<08590>

and Megiddo
<04023>_,

and all Bethshean
<01052>_,

which [is] by
<0681>

Zartanah
<06891>

beneath Jezreel
<03157>_,

from Bethshean
<01052>

to Abelmeholah
<065>_,

[even] unto [the place that is] beyond
<05676>

Jokneam
<03361>_:

4:13

The son of Geber
<01127>_,

in Ramothgilead
<01568> <07433>_;

to him [pertained] the towns
<02333>

of Jair
<02971>

the son
<01121>

of Manasseh
<04519>_,

which [are] in Gilead
<01568>_;

to him [also pertained] the region
<02256>

of Argob
<0709>_,

which [is] in Bashan
<01316>_,

threescore
<08346>

great
<01419>

cities
<05892>

with walls
<02346>

and brasen
<05178>

bars
<01280>_:

{The son...: or, Bengeber}

4:14

Ahinadab
<0292>

the son
<01121>

of Iddo
<05714>

[had] Mahanaim
<04266>_:

{Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim}

4:15

Ahimaaz
<0290>

[was] in Naphtali
<05321>_;

he also took
<03947> (8804)

Basmath
<01315>

the daughter
<01323>

of Solomon
<08010>

to wife
<0802>_:

4:16

Baanah
<01195>

the son
<01121>

of Hushai
<02365>

[was] in Asher
<0836>

and in Aloth
<01175>_:

4:17

Jehoshaphat
<03092>

the son
<01121>

of Paruah
<06515>_,

in Issachar
<03485>_:

4:18

Shimei
<08096>

the son
<01121>

of Elah
<0414>_,

in Benjamin
<01144>_:

4:19

Geber
<01398>

the son
<01121>

of Uri
<0221>

[was] in the country
<0776>

of Gilead
<01568>_,

[in] the country
<0776>

of Sihon
<05511>

king
<04428>

of the Amorites
<0567>_,

and of Og
<05747>

king
<04428>

of Bashan
<01316>_;

and [he was] the only
<0259>

officer
<05333>

which [was] in the land
<0776>_.

4:20

Judah
<03063>

and Israel
<03478>

[were] many
<07227>_,

as the sand
<02344>

which [is] by the sea
<03220>

in multitude
<07230>_,

eating
<0398> (8802)

and drinking
<08354> (8802)_,

and making merry
<08056>_.

4:21

And Solomon
<08010>

reigned
<04910> (8802)

over all kingdoms
<04467>

from the river
<05104>

unto the land
<0776>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

and unto the border
<01366>

of Egypt
<04714>_:

they brought
<05066> (8688)

presents
<04503>_,

and served
<05647> (8802)

Solomon
<08010>

all the days
<03117>

of his life
<02416>_.

4:22

And Solomon's
<08010>

provision
<03899>

for one
<0259>

day
<03117>

was thirty
<07970>

measures
<03734>

of fine flour
<05560>_,

and threescore
<08346>

measures
<03734>

of meal
<07058>_,

{provision: Heb. bread} {measures: Heb. cors}

4:23

Ten
<06235>

fat
<01277>

oxen
<01241>_,

and twenty
<06242>

oxen
<01241>

out of the pastures
<07471>_,

and an hundred
<03967>

sheep
<06629>_,

beside harts
<0354>_,

and roebucks
<06643>_,

and fallowdeer
<03180>_,

and fatted
<075> (8803)

fowl
<01257>_.

4:24

For he had dominion
<07287> (8802)

over all [the region] on this side
<05676>

the river
<05104>_,

from Tiphsah
<08607>

even to Azzah
<05804>_,

over all the kings
<04428>

on this side
<05676>

the river
<05104>_:

and he had peace
<07965>

on all sides
<05650> (8676) <05676>

round about
<05439>

him.

4:25

And Judah
<03063>

and Israel
<03478>

dwelt
<03427> (8799)

safely
<0983>_,

every man
<0376>

under his vine
<01612>

and under his fig tree
<08384>_,

from Dan
<01835>

even to Beersheba
<0884>_,

all the days
<03117>

of Solomon
<08010>_.

{safely: Heb. confidently}

4:26

And Solomon
<08010>

had forty
<0705>

thousand
<0505>

stalls
<0723>

of horses
<05483>

for his chariots
<04817>_,

and twelve
<08147> <06240>

thousand
<0505>

horsemen
<06571>_.

4:27

And those officers
<05324> (8737)

provided victual
<03557> (8773)

for king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>_,

and for all that came
<07131>

unto king
<04428>

Solomon's
<08010>

table
<07979>_,

every man
<0376>

in his month
<02320>_:

they lacked
<05737> (8762)

nothing
<01697>_.

4:28

Barley
<08184>

also and straw
<08401>

for the horses
<05483>

and dromedaries
<07409>

brought
<0935> (8686)

they unto the place
<04725>

where [the officers] were, every man
<0376>

according to his charge
<04941>_.

{dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts}

4:29

And God
<0430>

gave
<05414> (8799)

Solomon
<08010>

wisdom
<02451>

and understanding
<08394>

exceeding
<03966>

much
<07235> (8687)_,

and largeness
<07341>

of heart
<03820>_,

even as the sand
<02344>

that [is] on the sea
<03220>

shore
<08193>_.

4:30

And Solomon's
<08010>

wisdom
<02451>

excelled
<07235> (8799)

the wisdom
<02451>

of all the children
<01121>

of the east country
<06924>_,

and all the wisdom
<02451>

of Egypt
<04714>_.

4:31

For he was wiser
<02449> (8799)

than all men
<0120>_;

than Ethan
<0387>

the Ezrahite
<0250>_,

and Heman
<01968>_,

and Chalcol
<03633>_,

and Darda
<01862>_,

the sons
<01121>

of Mahol
<04235>_:

and his fame
<08034>

was in all nations
<01471>

round about
<05439>_.

4:32

And he spake
<01696> (8762)

three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

proverbs
<04912>_:

and his songs
<07892>

were a thousand
<0505>

and five
<02568>_.

4:33

And he spake
<01696> (8762)

of trees
<06086>_,

from the cedar tree
<0730>

that [is] in Lebanon
<03844>

even unto the hyssop
<0231>

that springeth out
<03318> (8802)

of the wall
<07023>_:

he spake
<01696> (8762)

also of beasts
<0929>_,

and of fowl
<05775>_,

and of creeping things
<07431>_,

and of fishes
<01709>_.

4:34

And there came
<0935> (8799)

of all people
<05971>

to hear
<08085> (8800)

the wisdom
<02451>

of Solomon
<08010>_,

from all kings
<04428>

of the earth
<0776>_,

which had heard
<08085> (8804)

of his wisdom
<02451>_.