1 Kings 4

1 And king Solomon was king over all Israel.

Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

2 And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;

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

3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, chronicler;

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

4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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

5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;

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 was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.

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

7 And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.

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: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.

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

9 Ben-Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-Beth-hanan.

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

10 Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; he had Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher.

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

11 Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.

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

12 Baana the son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam.

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 Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.

... 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, at Mahanaim.

Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

15 Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.

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

16 Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth.

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, the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and of Og the king of Bashan; and [he was] the only superintendent that was in the 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 many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

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 And Solomon ruled over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon 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 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures 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 fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.

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 dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gazah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about.

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 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.

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 horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

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

27 And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting.

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 And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.

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 Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

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 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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

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

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 And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a 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 spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

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