1 GLT And King Solomon was king over all Israel. BSB BSB: So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
2 GLT And these were the officials which were for 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 GLT 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 GLT 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 GLT And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the stationed ones. And Zabud the son of Nathan was a priest, the 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 GLT 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.
7 GLT And for Solomon were 12 stationed ones over all Israel, and they sustained the king and his house. A month in the year it would be on 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 GLT 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 GLT 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 GLT Ben Hesed in the Arubboth(for him was Sokoh and all the land of Hepher), BSB BSB: Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
11 GLT Ben Abinadab was for all Naphoth Dor(Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, was for him for a wife), BSB BSB: Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
12 GLT Baana the son of Ahilud in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shan that is beside Zarethan from below Jezreel, from Beth Shan as far as 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 GLT Ben Geber in Ramoth Gilead, for him were the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh that were in Gilead, for him was the region of Argob, which was in the Bashan— 60 great cities with a wall and a gate 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 GLT Ahinadab the son of Iddo in Mahanaim, BSB BSB: Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
15 GLT 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 GLT Baana the son of Hushai in Asher and Bealoth, BSB BSB: Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
17 GLT Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar, BSB BSB: Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
18 GLT Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin, BSB BSB: Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
19 GLT Geber the son of Uri in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon, the king of the Amorite and Og, the king of the Bashan, and he was the one stationed one 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.
20 GLT Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand that is on the sea according to abundance. They were 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 GLT And Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt, bringing tribute near and serving Solomon all 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 GLT 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 GLT 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 GLT For he had dominion over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and as far as Gaza, over all the kings of beyond the river. And peace was for him from all 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 GLT And Judah and Israel dwelled in safety, a man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan and as far as Beersheba, all 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 GLT And there was for Solomon 40, 000 stalls of horses for his chariotry and 12, 000 horsemen. BSB BSB: Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
27 GLT And those stationed ones sustained the king Solomon and all the ones who came near to the table of the king Solomon, a man his month. They would not let anything be lacking. 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 GLT And they brought the barley and the straw for the horses and for the steed to the place there where it should be, a man according to his regulation. BSB BSB: Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
29 GLT And God gave wisdom to Solomon and very much understanding and width of heart like the sand that is on the lip of the sea. BSB BSB: And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
30 GLT And the wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all the sons of the east and than all 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 GLT And he was wiser than every man, than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman and Kalkol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his name was in all 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 GLT 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 GLT And he spoke concerning the trees, from the cedar that is in the Lebanon and as far as the hyssop that comes out on the wall. And he spoke concerning the beast and concerning the bird and concerning the creeping thing and concerning 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 GLT And they came from all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from with all the kings of the earth who had heard 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.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.