Solomon’s Princes 1 ULT Now King Solomon was king over all of Israel. BSB BSB: So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
2 ULT And these{ were} the officials who{ were} to him. Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest. BSB BSB: and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
3 ULT Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes. Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder. BSB BSB: Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
4 ULT And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the army. And Zadok and Abiathar were priests. BSB BSB: Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 ULT And Azariah, the son of Nathan,{ was} over the deputies. And Zabud, the son of Nathan,{ was} a priest, a friend of the king. BSB BSB: Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
6 ULT And Ahishar was over the house. And Adoniram, the son of Abda, was over the forced labor. BSB BSB: Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
Solomon’s Twelve Officers 7 ULT Now to Solomon{ were} 12 deputies over all of Israel, and they sustained the king and his house. A month in the year was upon one to sustain. BSB BSB: 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,
8 ULT And these{ were} their names. Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim. BSB BSB: and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 ULT Ben Deker, in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Beth Shemesh and Elon Beth Hanan. BSB BSB: Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;
10 ULT Ben Hesed, in Arubboth(to him{ was} Sokoh and all of the land of Hepher). BSB BSB: Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
11 ULT Ben Abinadab, all of Naphoth Dor.(Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, was to him for a wife.) BSB BSB: Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
12 ULT Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo and all of Beth Shan that{ is} beside Zarethan from below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah, as far as from the other side of Jokmeam. BSB BSB: 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;
13 ULT Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead.(To him{ were} the villages of Jair, the son of Manasseh, that{ were} in Gilead; to him{ was} the region of Argob, which{ was} in Bashan, 60 great cities{ with} a wall and a bar of bronze). BSB BSB: 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);
14 ULT Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim. BSB BSB: Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
15 ULT Ahimaaz, in Naphtali.(He also took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, for a wife.) BSB BSB: Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
16 ULT Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth. BSB BSB: Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
17 ULT Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar. BSB BSB: Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
18 ULT Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin. BSB BSB: Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
19 ULT Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon, the king of the Amorite, and Og, the king of Bashan, and{ there was} one deputy who{ was} in the land. BSB BSB: 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.
Solomon’s Prosperity 20 ULT Judah and Israel{ were} numerous, like the sand that{ is} at the sea for abundance, eating and drinking and rejoicing. BSB BSB: The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21 ULT And Solomon was ruling over all of the kingdoms from the River{ to} the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt, bringing tribute and serving Solomon all of the days of his life. BSB BSB: 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.
22 ULT And the bread of Solomon for one day was 30 cors of fine flour and 60 cors of flour, BSB BSB: Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
23 ULT ten fat cattle and 20 pasture cattle and 100 sheep, apart from deer and gazelle and roebuck and fattened fowl. BSB BSB: ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
24 ULT For he ruled over everything beyond the River from Tiphsah and to Gaza, over all of the kings of beyond the River. And peace was to him from all of his sides, from all around. BSB BSB: 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.
25 ULT And Judah and Israel dwelled in safety, a man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan and to Beersheba, all of the days of Solomon. BSB BSB: Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
26 ULT And 40, 000 stalls of horses were to Solomon for his chariotry, and 12, 000 horsemen. BSB BSB: Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
27 ULT And those deputies sustained King Solomon and all of the{ ones} near to the table of King Solomon, a man his month. They did not let a thing lack. BSB BSB: Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
28 ULT And they brought the barley and the straw for the horses and for the steed to the place where it should be there, a man according to his ordinance. BSB BSB: Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
Solomon’s Wisdom 29 ULT And God gave wisdom to Solomon and very much understanding and breadth of heart like the sand that{ is} on the shore of the sea. BSB BSB: And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
30 ULT And the wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all of the sons of the east and than all of the wisdom of Egypt. BSB BSB: Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 ULT And he was wiser than every man, than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his name was in all of the surrounding nations. BSB BSB: 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.
32 ULT And he spoke 3, 000 proverbs, and his songs were 1, 005. BSB BSB: Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
33 ULT And he spoke about trees, from the cedar that{ is} in Lebanon and to the hyssop that comes out in the wall. And he spoke about the beast and about the bird and about the creeping thing and about the fish. BSB BSB: 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.
34 ULT And they came from all of the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from with all of the kings of the earth who had heard{ about} his wisdom. BSB BSB: 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.
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