1 Kings, 4

1. King Solomon was king of all Israel,

1. King Solomon was king over all Israel,

2. and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok, priest;

2. and these were his high officials: Azari'ah the son of Zadok was the priest;

3. Elihaph and Ahijah sons of Shisha, secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, herald.

3. Elihor'eph and Ahi'jah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder;

4. (Benaiah son of Jehoiada, commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar, priests);

4. Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abi'athar were priests;

5. Azariah son of Nathan, chief administrator; Zabud son of Nathan, Friend of the King;

5. Azari'ah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend;

6. Ahishar, master of the palace; Eliab son of Joab, commander of the army; Adoram son of Abda, in charge of forced labour.

6. Ahi'shar was in charge of the palace; and Adoni'ram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

7. Solomon had twelve administrators for all Israel who saw to the provisioning of the king and his household; each had to provide for one month in the year.

7. Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each man had to make provision for one month in the year.

8. These are their names: Son of Hur, in the mountain country of Ephraim.

8. These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of E'phraim;

9. Son of Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, Beth-Hanan.

9. Ben-deker, in Makaz, Sha-al'bim, Beth-she'mesh, and E'lonbeth-ha'nan;

10. Son of Hesed, in Arubboth; his district was Socoh and the whole territory of Hepher.

10. Ben-hesed, in Arub'both (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);

11. Son of Abinadab, all the Slopes of Dor. Tabaath Solomon's daughter was his wife.

11. Ben-abin'adab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);

12. Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo as far as the other side of Jokmeam, and all Beth-Shean below Jezreel, from Beth-Shean as far as Abel-Meholah by Zarethan.

12. Ba'ana the son of Ahi'lud, in Ta'anach, Megid'do, and all Beth-she'an which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-she'an to A'bel-meho'lah, as far as the other side of Jok'meam;

13. Son of Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead: his district was the Encampments of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan: sixty fortified towns, walled and with bolts of bronze.

13. Ben-geber, in Ra'moth-gil'ead (he had the villages of Ja'ir the son of Manas'seh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

14. Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim.

14. Ahin'adab the son of Iddo, in Mahana'im;

15. Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he too married a daughter of Solomon, Basemath.

15. Ahi'ma-az, in Naph'tali (he had taken Bas'emath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);

16. Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in the highlands.

16. Ba'ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

17. Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar.

17. Jehosh'aphat the son of Paru'ah, in Is'sachar;

18. Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

18. Shim'e-i the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19. Geber son of Uri, in the territory of Gad, the territory of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. In addition, there was one administrator in the country.

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 there was one officer in the land of Judah.

20. Judah and Israel were numerous, as numerous as the sand on the sea-shore; they ate and drank and were happy.

20. Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.

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21. Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphra'tes to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

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22. Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal,

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23. ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

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24. For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphra'tes from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphra'tes; and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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25. And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.

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26. Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

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27. And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon's table, each one in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

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28. Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his charge.

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29. And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and largeness of mind like the sand on the seashore,

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30. so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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31. For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ez'rahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.

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32. He also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

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33. He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.

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34. And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.