1 Kings 4 (Brenton)

1And king Solomon reigned over Israel.So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

2And these are the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

3Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder.Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

4And Banæas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar were priests.Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

5And Ornia the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan was the king's friend.Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;

6And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the chief steward; and Eliab the son of Saph was over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute.Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one's turn came to supply for a month in the year.Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,

8And these were their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

9The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Bæthsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;

10The son of Esdi in Araboth; his was Socho, and all the land of Opher.Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

11All Nephthador belonged to the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one.Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);

12Bana son of Achiluth had Ithaanach, and Mageddo, and his was the whole house of San which was by Sesathan below Esrae, and from Bethsan as far as Sabelmaula, as far as Maëber Lucam, one.Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

13The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him fell the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one.Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

14Achinadab son of Saddo, had Maanaim.Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

15Achimaas was in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

16Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

17Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

18Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, the land of Seon king of Esebon, and of Og king of Basan, and one officer in the land of Juda.Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

19Josaphat son of Phuasud was in Issachar.Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.

21And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and they execute every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing. And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22And these were the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,

23and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

24For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

29And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

30And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

31And he was wiser than all other men: and he was wiser than Gæthan the Zarite, and than Ænan, and than Chalcad and Darala the sons of Mal.He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

32And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

33And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

34And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and ambassadors from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom.So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

1 Kings 4

Solomon’s Princes

Solomon’s Twelve Officers

Solomon’s Prosperity

Solomon’s Wisdom

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