1 Kings Chapter 4 Back Next{4:1} King Solomon was king over all
Israel.
{4:2} These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
{4:3} Elihoreph and
Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
{4:4} and
Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada was over the
army; and Zadok and
Abiathar were priests;
{4:5} and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief
minister, the king's friend;
{4:6} and
Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of
Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
{4:7} Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided
food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
{4:8} These are their names: Ben Hur, in the
hill country of
Ephraim;
{4:9} Ben Deker, in
Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and
Beth Shemesh, and
Elon Beth Hananlick="NoteClicked(this,199);return false;">Elon
Beth Hanan;
{4:10} Ben Hesed, in
Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh, and all the land of
Hepher);
{4:11} Ben
Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
{4:12}
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;
{4:13} Ben
Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of
Jair the son of
Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of
Argob, which is in
Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze
bars);
{4:14}
Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in
Mahanaim;
{4:15}
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took
Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
{4:16} Baana the son of
Hushai, in
Asher and
Bealoth;
{4:17} Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in
Issachar;
{4:18} Shimei the son of Ela, in
Benjamin;
{4:19} 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 who was in the land.
{4:20}
Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and
drinking and making merry.
{4:21} Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of
Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
{4:22} Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine
flour, and sixty measures of meal,
{4:23} ten head of fat
cattle, and twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides
harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.
{4:24} For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to
Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.
{4:25} Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his
fig tree, from
Dan even to
Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
{4:26} Solomon had forty thousand stalls of
horses for his
chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen.
{4:27} Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
{4:28}
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.
{4:29} God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
{4:30} Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the
children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
{4:31} 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 all around.
{4:32} He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.
{4:33} He spoke of trees, from the
cedar that is in Lebanon even to the
hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of
birds, and of creeping things, and of
fish.
{4:34} There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the
earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
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