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1 Kings 2:13--4:34

2:13

And Adonijah
<0138>

the son
<01121>

of Haggith
<02294>

came
<0935> (8799)

to Bathsheba
<01339>

the mother
<0517>

of Solomon
<08010>_.

And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

Comest
<0935> (8800)

thou peaceably
<07965>_?

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Peaceably
<07965>_.

2:14

He said
<0559> (8799)

moreover, I have somewhat to say
<01697>

unto thee. And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

Say on
<01696> (8761)_.

2:15

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou knowest
<03045> (8804)

that the kingdom
<04410>

was mine, and [that] all Israel
<03478>

set
<07760> (8804)

their faces
<06440>

on me, that I should reign
<04427> (8800)_:

howbeit the kingdom
<04410>

is turned about
<05437> (8735)_,

and is become my brother's
<0251>_:

for it was his from the LORD
<03068>_.

2:16

And now I ask
<07592> (8802)

one
<0259>

petition
<07596>

of thee, deny
<07725> (8686)

me
<06440>

not. And she said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Say on
<01696> (8761)_.

{deny...: Heb. turn not away my face}

2:17

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Speak
<0559> (8798)_,

I pray thee, unto Solomon
<08010>

the king
<04428>_,

(for he will not say
<07725> (0)

thee
<06440>

nay
<07725> (8686),)

that he give
<05414> (8799)

me Abishag
<049>

the Shunammite
<07767>

to wife
<0802>_.

2:18

And Bathsheba
<01339>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Well
<02896>_;

I will speak
<01696> (8762)

for thee unto the king
<04428>_.

2:19

Bathsheba
<01339>

therefore went
<0935> (8799)

unto king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>_,

to speak
<01696> (8763)

unto him for Adonijah
<0138>_.

And the king
<04428>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

her, and bowed
<07812> (8691)

himself unto her, and sat down
<03427> (8799)

on his throne
<03678>_,

and caused a seat
<03678>

to be set
<07760> (8799)

for the king's
<04428>

mother
<0517>_;

and she sat
<03427> (8799)

on his right hand
<03225>_.

2:20

Then she said
<0559> (8799)_,

I desire
<07592> (8802)

one
<0259>

small
<06996>

petition
<07596>

of thee; [I pray thee], say
<07725> (0)

me
<06440>

not nay
<07725> (8686)_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Ask on
<07592> (8798)_,

my mother
<0517>_:

for I will not say
<07725> (0)

thee
<06440>

nay
<07725> (8686)_.

2:21

And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let Abishag
<049>

the Shunammite
<07767>

be given
<05414> (8714)

to Adonijah
<0138>

thy brother
<0251>

to wife
<0802>_.

2:22

And king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto his mother
<0517>_,

And why dost thou ask
<07592> (8802)

Abishag
<049>

the Shunammite
<07767>

for Adonijah
<0138>_?

ask
<07592> (8798)

for him the kingdom
<04410>

also; for he [is] mine elder
<01419>

brother
<0251>_;

even for him, and for Abiathar
<054>

the priest
<03548>_,

and for Joab
<03097>

the son
<01121>

of Zeruiah
<06870>_.

2:23

Then king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>

sware
<07650> (8735)

by the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

God
<0430>

do
<06213> (8799)

so to me, and more also
<03254> (8686)_,

if Adonijah
<0138>

have not spoken
<01696> (8765)

this word
<01697>

against his own life
<05315>_.

2:24

Now therefore, [as] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

which hath established
<03559> (8689)

me, and set
<03427> (8686)

me on the throne
<03678>

of David
<01732>

my father
<01>_,

and who hath made
<06213> (8804)

me an house
<01004>_,

as he promised
<01696> (8765)_,

Adonijah
<0138>

shall be put to death
<04191> (8714)

this day
<03117>_.

2:25

And king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>

sent
<07971> (8799)

by the hand
<03027>

of Benaiah
<01141>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>_;

and he fell
<06293> (8799)

upon him that he died
<04191> (8799)_.

2:26

And unto Abiathar
<054>

the priest
<03548>

said
<0559> (8804)

the king
<04428>_,

Get
<03212> (8798)

thee to Anathoth
<06068>_,

unto thine own fields
<07704>_;

for thou [art] worthy
<0376>

of death
<04194>_:

but I will not at this time
<03117>

put thee to death
<04191> (8686)_,

because thou barest
<05375> (8804)

the ark
<0727>

of the Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>

before
<06440>

David
<01732>

my father
<01>_,

and because thou hast been afflicted
<06031> (8694)

in all wherein my father
<01>

was afflicted
<06031> (8694)_.

{worthy...: Heb. a man of death}

2:27

So Solomon
<08010>

thrust out
<01644> (8762)

Abiathar
<054>

from being priest
<03548>

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

that he might fulfil
<04390> (8763)

the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

which he spake
<01696> (8765)

concerning the house
<01004>

of Eli
<05941>

in Shiloh
<07887>_.

2:28

Then tidings
<08052>

came
<0935> (8804)

to Joab
<03097>_:

for Joab
<03097>

had turned
<05186> (8804)

after
<0310>

Adonijah
<0138>_,

though he turned
<05186> (8804)

not after
<0310>

Absalom
<053>_.

And Joab
<03097>

fled
<05127> (8799)

unto the tabernacle
<0168>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and caught hold
<02388> (8686)

on the horns
<07161>

of the altar
<04196>_.

2:29

And it was told
<05046> (8714)

king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>

that Joab
<03097>

was fled
<05127> (8804)

unto the tabernacle
<0168>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

and, behold, [he is] by
<0681>

the altar
<04196>_.

Then Solomon
<08010>

sent
<07971> (8799)

Benaiah
<01141>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

fall
<06293> (8798)

upon him.

2:30

And Benaiah
<01141>

came
<0935> (8799)

to the tabernacle
<0168>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the king
<04428>_,

Come forth
<03318> (8798)_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Nay; but I will die
<04191> (8799)

here. And Benaiah
<01141>

brought
<07725> (0)

the king
<04428>

word
<01697>

again
<07725> (8686)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thus said
<01696> (8765)

Joab
<03097>_,

and thus he answered
<06030> (8804)

me.

2:31

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Do
<06213> (8798)

as he hath said
<01696> (8765)_,

and fall
<06293> (8798)

upon him, and bury
<06912> (8804)

him; that thou mayest take away
<05493> (8689)

the innocent
<02600>

blood
<01818>_,

which Joab
<03097>

shed
<08210> (8804)_,

from me, and from the house
<01004>

of my father
<01>_.

2:32

And the LORD
<03068>

shall return
<07725> (8689)

his blood
<01818>

upon his own head
<07218>_,

who fell
<06293> (8804)

upon two
<08147>

men
<0582>

more righteous
<06662>

and better
<02896>

than he, and slew
<02026> (8799)

them with the sword
<02719>_,

my father
<01>

David
<01732>

not knowing
<03045> (8804)

[thereof, to wit], Abner
<074>

the son
<01121>

of Ner
<05369>_,

captain
<08269>

of the host
<06635>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and Amasa
<06021>

the son
<01121>

of Jether
<03500>_,

captain
<08269>

of the host
<06635>

of Judah
<03063>_.

2:33

Their blood
<01818>

shall therefore return
<07725> (8804)

upon the head
<07218>

of Joab
<03097>_,

and upon the head
<07218>

of his seed
<02233>

for ever
<05769>_:

but upon David
<01732>_,

and upon his seed
<02233>_,

and upon his house
<01004>_,

and upon his throne
<03678>_,

shall there be peace
<07965>

for
<05704>

ever
<05769>

from the LORD
<03068>_.

2:34

So Benaiah
<01141>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

went up
<05927> (8799)_,

and fell
<06293> (8799)

upon him, and slew
<04191> (8686)

him: and he was buried
<06912> (8735)

in his own house
<01004>

in the wilderness
<04057>_.

2:35

And the king
<04428>

put
<05414> (8799)

Benaiah
<01141>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>

in his room over the host
<06635>_:

and Zadok
<06659>

the priest
<03548>

did the king
<04428>

put
<05414> (8804)

in the room of Abiathar
<054>_.

2:36

And the king
<04428>

sent
<07971> (8799)

and called
<07121> (8799)

for Shimei
<08096>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Build
<01129> (8798)

thee an house
<01004>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and dwell
<03427> (8804)

there, and go not forth
<03318> (8799)

thence any whither
<0575>_.

2:37

For it shall be, [that] on the day
<03117>

thou goest out
<03318> (8800)_,

and passest over
<05674> (8804)

the brook
<05158>

Kidron
<06939>_,

thou shalt know
<03045> (8799)

for certain
<03045> (8800)

that thou shalt surely
<04191> (8800)

die
<04191> (8799)_:

thy blood
<01818>

shall be upon thine own head
<07218>_.

2:38

And Shimei
<08096>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

The saying
<01697>

[is] good
<02896>_:

as my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

hath said
<01696> (8765)_,

so will thy servant
<05650>

do
<06213> (8799)_.

And Shimei
<08096>

dwelt
<03427> (8799)

in Jerusalem
<03389>

many
<07227>

days
<03117>_.

2:39

And it came to pass at the end
<07093>

of three
<07969>

years
<08141>_,

that two
<08147>

of the servants
<05650>

of Shimei
<08096>

ran away
<01272> (8799)

unto Achish
<0397>

son
<01121>

of Maachah
<04601>

king
<04428>

of Gath
<01661>_.

And they told
<05046> (8686)

Shimei
<08096>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, thy servants
<05650>

[be] in Gath
<01661>_.

2:40

And Shimei
<08096>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and saddled
<02280> (8799)

his ass
<02543>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to Gath
<01661>

to Achish
<0397>

to seek
<01245> (8763)

his servants
<05650>_:

and Shimei
<08096>

went
<03212> (8799)_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

his servants
<05650>

from Gath
<01661>_.

2:41

And it was told
<05046> (8714)

Solomon
<08010>

that Shimei
<08096>

had gone
<01980> (8804)

from Jerusalem
<03389>

to Gath
<01661>_,

and was come again
<07725> (8799)_.

2:42

And the king
<04428>

sent
<07971> (8799)

and called
<07121> (8799)

for Shimei
<08096>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Did I not make thee to swear
<07650> (8689)

by the LORD
<03068>_,

and protested
<05749> (8686)

unto thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Know
<03045> (8799)

for a certain
<03045> (8800)_,

on the day
<03117>

thou goest out
<03318> (8800)_,

and walkest
<01980> (8804)

abroad any whither
<0575>_,

that thou shalt surely
<04191> (8800)

die
<04191> (8799)_?

and thou saidst
<0559> (8799)

unto me, The word
<01697>

[that] I have heard
<08085> (8804)

[is] good
<02896>_.

2:43

Why then hast thou not kept
<08104> (8804)

the oath
<07621>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and the commandment
<04687>

that I have charged
<06680> (8765)

thee with?

2:44

The king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

moreover to Shimei
<08096>_,

Thou knowest
<03045> (8804)

all the wickedness
<07451>

which thine heart
<03824>

is privy to
<03045> (8804)_,

that thou didst
<06213> (8804)

to David
<01732>

my father
<01>_:

therefore the LORD
<03068>

shall return
<07725> (8689)

thy wickedness
<07451>

upon thine own head
<07218>_;

2:45

And king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>

[shall be] blessed
<01288> (8803)_,

and the throne
<03678>

of David
<01732>

shall be established
<03559> (8737)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>

for
<05704>

ever
<05769>_.

2:46

So the king
<04428>

commanded
<06680> (8762)

Benaiah
<01141>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiada
<03077>_;

which went out
<03318> (8799)_,

and fell
<06293> (8799)

upon him, that he died
<04191> (8799)_.

And the kingdom
<04467>

was established
<03559> (8738)

in the hand
<03027>

of Solomon
<08010>_.

3:1

And Solomon
<08010>

made affinity
<02859> (8691)

with Pharaoh
<06547>

king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

Pharaoh's
<06547>

daughter
<01323>_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

her into the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>_,

until he had made an end
<03615> (8763)

of building
<01129> (8800)

his own house
<01004>_,

and the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and the wall
<02346>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

round about
<05439>_.

3:2

Only the people
<05971>

sacrificed
<02076> (8764)

in high places
<01116>_,

because there was no house
<01004>

built
<01129> (8738)

unto the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

until those days
<03117>_.

3:3

And Solomon
<08010>

loved
<0157> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>_,

walking
<03212> (8800)

in the statutes
<02708>

of David
<01732>

his father
<01>_:

only he sacrificed
<02076> (8764)

and burnt incense
<06999> (8688)

in high places
<01116>_.

3:4

And the king
<04428>

went
<03212> (8799)

to Gibeon
<01391>

to sacrifice
<02076> (8800)

there; for that
<01931>

[was] the great
<01419>

high place
<01116>_:

a thousand
<0505>

burnt offerings
<05930>

did Solomon
<08010>

offer
<05927> (8686)

upon that altar
<04196>_.

3:5

In Gibeon
<01391>

the LORD
<03068>

appeared
<07200> (8738)

to Solomon
<08010>

in a dream
<02472>

by night
<03915>_:

and God
<0430>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Ask
<07592> (8798)

what I shall give
<05414> (8799)

thee.

3:6

And Solomon
<08010>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou hast shewed
<06213> (8804)

unto thy servant
<05650>

David
<01732>

my father
<01>

great
<01419>

mercy
<02617>_,

according as he walked
<01980> (8804)

before
<06440>

thee in truth
<0571>_,

and in righteousness
<06666>_,

and in uprightness
<03483>

of heart
<03824>

with thee; and thou hast kept
<08104> (8799)

for him this great
<01419>

kindness
<02617>_,

that thou hast given
<05414> (8799)

him a son
<01121>

to sit
<03427> (8802)

on his throne
<03678>_,

as [it is] this day
<03117>_.

{mercy: or, bounty}

3:7

And now, O LORD
<03068>

my God
<0430>_,

thou hast made thy servant
<05650>

king
<04427> (8689)

instead of David
<01732>

my father
<01>_:

and I [am but] a little
<06996>

child
<05288>_:

I know
<03045> (8799)

not [how] to go out
<03318> (8800)

or come in
<0935> (8800)_.

3:8

And thy servant
<05650>

[is] in the midst
<08432>

of thy people
<05971>

which thou hast chosen
<0977> (8804)_,

a great
<07227>

people
<05971>_,

that cannot be numbered
<04487> (8735)

nor counted
<05608> (8735)

for multitude
<07230>_.

3:9

Give
<05414> (8804)

therefore thy servant
<05650>

an understanding
<08085> (8802)

heart
<03820>

to judge
<08199> (8800)

thy people
<05971>_,

that I may discern
<0995> (8687)

between good
<02896>

and bad
<07451>_:

for who is able
<03201> (8799)

to judge
<08199> (8800)

this thy so great
<03515>

a people
<05971>_?

{understanding: Heb. hearing}

3:10

And the speech
<01697>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the Lord
<0136>_,

that Solomon
<08010>

had asked
<07592> (8804)

this thing
<01697>_.

3:11

And God
<0430>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Because thou hast asked
<07592> (8804)

this thing
<01697>_,

and hast not asked
<07592> (8804)

for thyself long
<07227>

life
<03117>_;

neither hast asked
<07592> (8804)

riches
<06239>

for thyself, nor hast asked
<07592> (8804)

the life
<05315>

of thine enemies
<0341> (8802)_;

but hast asked
<07592> (8804)

for thyself understanding
<0995> (8687)

to discern
<08085> (8800)

judgment
<04941>_;

{long life: Heb. many days} {discern: Heb. hear}

3:12

Behold, I have done
<06213> (8804)

according to thy words
<01697>_:

lo, I have given
<05414> (8804)

thee a wise
<02450>

and an understanding
<0995> (8737)

heart
<03820>_;

so that there was none like thee before
<06440>

thee, neither after
<0310>

thee shall any arise
<06965> (8799)

like unto thee.

3:13

And I have also given
<05414> (8804)

thee that which thou hast not asked
<07592> (8804)_,

both riches
<06239>_,

and honour
<03519>_:

so that there shall not be any
<0376>

among the kings
<04428>

like unto thee all thy days
<03117>_.

{shall...: or, hath not been}

3:14

And if thou wilt walk
<03212> (8799)

in my ways
<01870>_,

to keep
<08104> (8800)

my statutes
<02706>

and my commandments
<04687>_,

as thy father
<01>

David
<01732>

did walk
<01980> (8804)_,

then I will lengthen
<0748> (8689)

thy days
<03117>_.

3:15

And Solomon
<08010>

awoke
<03364> (8799)_;

and, behold, [it was] a dream
<02472>_.

And he came
<0935> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

before
<06440>

the ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and offered up
<05927> (8686)

burnt offerings
<05930>_,

and offered
<06213> (8799)

peace offerings
<08002>_,

and made
<06213> (8799)

a feast
<04960>

to all his servants
<05650>_.

3:16

Then came
<0935> (8799)

there two
<08147>

women
<0802>_,

[that were] harlots
<02181> (8802)_,

unto the king
<04428>_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

before
<06440>

him.

3:17

And the one
<0259>

woman
<0802>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

O
<0994>

my lord
<0113>_,

I and this woman
<0802>

dwell
<03427> (8802)

in one
<0259>

house
<01004>_;

and I was delivered of a child
<03205> (8799)

with her in the house
<01004>_.

3:18

And it came to pass the third
<07992>

day
<03117>

after that I was delivered
<03205> (8800)_,

that this woman
<0802>

was delivered
<03205> (8799)

also: and we [were] together
<03162>_;

[there was] no stranger
<02114> (8801)

with us in the house
<01004>_,

save
<02108>

we two
<08147>

in the house
<01004>_.

3:19

And this woman's
<0802>

child
<01121>

died
<04191> (8799)

in the night
<03915>_;

because she overlaid
<07901> (8804)

it.

3:20

And she arose
<06965> (8799)

at midnight
<08432> <03915>_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

my son
<01121>

from beside
<0681>

me, while thine handmaid
<0519>

slept
<03463>_,

and laid
<07901> (8686)

it in her bosom
<02436>_,

and laid
<07901> (8689)

her dead
<04191> (8801)

child
<01121>

in my bosom
<02436>_.

3:21

And when I rose
<06965> (8799)

in the morning
<01242>

to give my child
<01121>

suck
<03243> (8687)_,

behold, it was dead
<04191> (8804)_:

but when I had considered
<0995> (8709)

it in the morning
<01242>_,

behold, it was not my son
<01121>_,

which I did bear
<03205> (8804)_.

3:22

And the other
<0312>

woman
<0802>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Nay; but the living
<02416>

[is] my son
<01121>_,

and the dead
<04191> (8801)

[is] thy son
<01121>_.

And this said
<0559> (8802)_,

No; but the dead
<04191> (8801)

[is] thy son
<01121>_,

and the living
<02416>

[is] my son
<01121>_.

Thus they spake
<01696> (8762)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

3:23

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the king
<04428>_,

The one
<02063>

saith
<0559> (8802)_,

This [is] my son
<01121>

that liveth
<02416>_,

and thy son
<01121>

[is] the dead
<04191> (8801)_:

and the other
<02063>

saith
<0559> (8802)_,

Nay; but thy son
<01121>

[is] the dead
<04191> (8801)_,

and my son
<01121>

[is] the living
<02416>_.

3:24

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Bring
<03947> (8798)

me a sword
<02719>_.

And they brought
<0935> (8686)

a sword
<02719>

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

3:25

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Divide
<01504> (8798)

the living
<02416>

child
<03206>

in two
<08147>_,

and give
<05414> (8798)

half
<02677>

to the one
<0259>_,

and half
<02677>

to the other
<0259>_.

3:26

Then spake
<0559> (8799)

the woman
<0802>

whose the living
<02416>

child
<01121>

[was] unto the king
<04428>_,

for her bowels
<07356>

yearned
<03648> (8738)

upon her son
<01121>_,

and she said
<0559> (8799)_,

O
<0994>

my lord
<0113>_,

give
<05414> (8798)

her the living
<02416>

child
<03205> (8803)_,

and in no wise
<04191> (8687)

slay
<04191> (8686)

it. But the other said
<0559> (8802)_,

Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide
<01504> (8798)

[it]. {yearned: Heb. were hot}

3:27

Then the king
<04428>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Give
<05414> (8798)

her the living
<02416>

child
<03205> (8803)_,

and in no wise
<04191> (8687)

slay
<04191> (8686)

it: she [is] the mother
<0517>

thereof.

3:28

And all Israel
<03478>

heard
<08085> (8799)

of the judgment
<04941>

which the king
<04428>

had judged
<08199> (8804)_;

and they feared
<03372> (8799)

the king
<06440>_:

for they saw
<07200> (8804)

that the wisdom
<02451>

of God
<0430>

[was] in him
<07130>_,

to do
<06213> (8800)

judgment
<04941>_.

{in him: Heb. in the midst of him}

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>_.