1 Kings 4

1 Now king Solomon was reigning over all of Israel.

Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

2 And these were the leaders that he had: Azariah, the son of Zadok, the priest;

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

3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, the scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, the keeper of records;

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

4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, over the army; and Zadok, and Abiathar, priests;

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

5 Azariah, the son of Nathan, over those who were assisting the king; Zabud, the son of Nathan, the priest, the friend of the king;

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;

6 and Ahishar, first ruler of the house; and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.

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

7 And Solomon had twelve commanders over all of Israel, who offered yearly provisions for the king and his house. For each was ministering the necessities, by each month of the year.

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.

8 And these are their names: Benhur, on mount Ephraim;

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

9 Bendeker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon, and in Beth-hanan;

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

10 Benhesed, in Arubboth: his was Socoh and the entire land of Hepher;

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

11 Benabinadab, to whom was all of Naphath-Dor, who had Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, as wife;

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

12 Baana, the son of Ahilud, who was reigning in Taanach, and Megiddo, and all of Bethshean, which is beside Zarethan and below Jezreel, from Bethshean as far as Abelmeholah, opposite Jokmeam;

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;

13 Bengeber, in Ramoth Gilead, who had the town of Jair, the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; the same was first in the entire region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls that had bronze bars;

... 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.

14 Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, who was first in Mahanaim;

Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali, and he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, in marriage;

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

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

Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and 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 Ela, in Benjamin;

19 Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan, over all who were in that land.

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.

20 Judah and Israel were innumerable, like the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.

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.

21 Now Solomon had, in his dominion, all the kingdoms, from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt. And they offered gifts to him, and they served him all the days of his life.

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.

22 And the provisions of Solomon, for each day, were thirty cor of fine wheat flour, and sixty cor of meal,

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

23 ten fattened oxen, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred rams, aside from the venison of stags, roe deer, and gazelles, and fattened poultry.

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

24 For he had obtained the entire region which was beyond the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza, and all the kings of those regions. And he had peace on every side all around.

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.

25 And so, Judah and Israel were living without any fear, each one under his own vine and under his own fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, during all the days of Solomon.

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.

26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand riding horses.

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

27 And the above-stated commanders of the king nourished these. And they also offered the necessities for the table of king Solomon, with immense diligence, each in his time.

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.

28 Also, they brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden, to the place where the king was, just as it was appointed to them.

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

29 And God gave wisdom to Solomon, and an exceedingly great prudence, and a spacious heart, like the sand which is on the shore of the sea.

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.

30 And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the East, and of the Egyptians.

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

31 And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And he was renowned in all the nations on every side.

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.

32 Solomon also spoke three thousand parables. And his verses were one thousand and five.

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

33 And he discoursed about trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, to the hyssop which grows out from the wall. And he explained about beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fish.

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.

34 And they came from all the peoples in order to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who were hearing about his wisdom.

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.