Chapter 4
1Ki:4:1: So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
1Ki:4:2: And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
1Ki:4:3: Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
1Ki:4:4: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
1Ki: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:
1Ki:4:6: And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
1Ki: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.
1Ki:4:8: And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
1Ki:4:9: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
1Ki:4:10: The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
1Ki:4:11: The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
1Ki:4:12: Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
1Ki:4:13: The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; 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:
1Ki:4:14: Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
1Ki:4:15: Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
1Ki:4:16: Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
1Ki:4:17: Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
1Ki:4:18: Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
1Ki: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.
1Ki:4:20: Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
1Ki: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.
1Ki:4:22: And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
1Ki: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.
1Ki: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.
1Ki:4:25: 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.
1Ki:4:26: And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1Ki: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.
1Ki: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.
1Ki: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.
1Ki:4:30: And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
1Ki: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.
