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1 Kings 4
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1And king Solomon reigned over Israel.
1King Solomon was king over all Israel.
2And these [are] the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.
2These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder.
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4And Banaeas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests.
4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5And Ornia the son of Nathan [was] over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan [was] the king's friend.
5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
6And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the [chief] steward; and Eliab the son of Saph [was] over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute.
6Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one's turn came to supply for a month in the year.
7Solomon 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.
8And these [were] their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.
8These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.
9Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
10The son of Esdi in Araboth; his [was] Socho, and all the land of Opher.
10Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
11All Nephthador [belonged to] the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one.
11Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);
12Bana son of Achiluth [had] Ithaanach, and Mageddo, and [his was] the whole house of San which was by Sesathan below Esrae, and from Bethsan as far as Sabelmaula, as far as Maeber Lucam, one.
12Baana 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;
13The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him [fell] the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one.
13Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him);
14Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15Achimaas [was] in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.
15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
16Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,
16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar.
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.
18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, [the land] of Seon king of Esebon, and of Og king of Basan, and one officer in the land of Juda.
19Geber 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.
20And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and [they execute] every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing.
20Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
21And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.
21Solomon 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.
22And these [were] the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,
22Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
23and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and one hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.
23ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
24For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.
24For he had dominion over all on this side of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on all sides around him.
29And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
29God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.
30And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.
30Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31And he was wiser than all [other] men: and he was wiser than Gaethan the Zarite, and [than] Aenan, and [than] Chalcad and Darala the son of Mal.
31For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around.
32And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand .
32He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.
33And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.
33He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
34And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and [ambassadors] from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom. And Solomon took to himself the daughter of Pharao to wife, and brought her into the city of David until he had finished the house of the Lord, and his own house, and the wall of Jerusalem. Then went up Pharao the king of Egypt, and took Gazer, and burnt it and the Chananite dwelling in Mergab; and Pharao gave them as a dowry to his daughter the wife of Solomon: and Solomon rebuilt Gazer.
34People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.