1 Kings 4

1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

2 And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

And these [were] the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehosaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the army: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:

5 Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend;

And Azariah the son of Nathan [was] over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan [was] principal officer, [and] the king's friend:

6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.

And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the tribute.

7 And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

8 And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

And these [are] their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

9 ... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:

10 ... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;

The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him [pertained] Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

11 ... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.

The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:

12 Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;

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] to [the place that is] beyond Jokneam:

13 ... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.

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, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars:

14 Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

Ahinadab the son of Iddo [had] Mahanaim:

15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;

Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:

16 Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;

Baanah the son of Hushai [was] in Asher and in Aloth:

17 Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:

18 Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

19 Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; and one overseer had authority over all the overseers who were in the land.

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 who [was] in the land.

20 Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

21 And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.

And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22 And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;

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

23 Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.

Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowls.

24 For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.

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 of the river: and he had peace on all sides around him.

25 So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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.

26 And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.

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

27 And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.

And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

28 And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries they brought to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.

29 And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

And God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea-shore.

30 And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

31 For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

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 the surrounding nations.

32 He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.

And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

33 He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spoke also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping animals, and of fishes.

34 People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.

And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.