Solomon’s Princes 1 RV And king Solomon was king over all Israel. BSB BSB: So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
2 RV And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; BSB BSB: and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
3 RV Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; BSB BSB: Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
4 RV and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; BSB BSB: Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 RV and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was priest, and the king’s friend; 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 RV and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy. 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 RV And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year: 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 RV And these are 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 RV 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 RV Ben-hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher: BSB BSB: Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
11 RV Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: BSB BSB: Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
12 RV Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond 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 RV Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: 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 RV Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim: BSB BSB: Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
15 RV Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife: BSB BSB: Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
16 RV Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth: BSB BSB: Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
17 RV Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: BSB BSB: Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
18 RV Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin: BSB BSB: Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
19 RV Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which 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 RV Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. 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 RV And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served 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 RV And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal; BSB BSB: Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
23 RV ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl. BSB BSB: ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
24 RV For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tipsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him. 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 RV And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, 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 RV And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. BSB BSB: Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
27 RV And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they let nothing 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 RV Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. 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 RV And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. BSB BSB: And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
30 RV And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and 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 RV For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about. 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 RV And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. BSB BSB: Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
33 RV And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 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 RV And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of 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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