|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:1 |
|
So king Solomon was king over all Israel. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:2 |
|
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah
the son of Zadok the priest, |
| |
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:3 |
|
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. |
| |
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:4 |
|
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the
host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: |
| |
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:5 |
|
And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers:
and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: |
| |
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:6 |
|
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram
the son of Abda was over the tribute. |
| |
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:7 |
|
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel,
which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in
a year made provision. |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:8 |
|
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in
mount Ephraim: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:9 |
|
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim,
and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:10 |
|
The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained
Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:11 |
|
The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor;
which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:12 |
|
Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach
and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean
to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:13 |
|
The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained
the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained
the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and
brasen bars: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:14 |
|
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:15 |
|
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath
the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:16 |
|
Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in
Aloth: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:17 |
|
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:18 |
|
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: |
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:19 |
|
Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead,
in 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. |
| |
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:20 |
|
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which
is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. |
| |
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:21 |
|
And Solomon reigned over all 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. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:22 |
|
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty
measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:23 |
|
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures,
and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:24 |
|
For he had dominion over all the region on this
side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the
river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:25 |
|
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man
under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days
of Solomon. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:26 |
|
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses
for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:27 |
|
And those officers provided victual for king
Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month:
they lacked nothing. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:28 |
|
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries
brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his
charge. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:29 |
|
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding
exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:30 |
|
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of
all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:31 |
|
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the
Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was
in all nations round about. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:32 |
|
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his
songs were a thousand and five. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:33 |
|
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree 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. |
|
|
|
|
| 1 Kings 4:34 |
|
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom
of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. |
| |
|
|
