1 Kings 4

1 King Solomon ruled over all of Israel.

And king Solomon reigned over Israel.

2 These were his officials: Azariah, son of Zadok, was the priest;

And these [are] the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.

3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, were the king's secretaries. Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, kept the royal records.

Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder.

4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the army commander. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

And Banaeas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests.

5 Azariah, son of Nathan, was in charge of the governors. Zabud, son of Nathan, was a priest and the king's counselor.

And Ornia the son of Nathan [was] over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan [was] the king's friend.

6 Ahishar was the palace manager. Adoniram, son of Abda, was in charge of those forced to work for the king.

And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the [chief] steward; and Eliab the son of Saph [was] over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute.

7 Solomon had twelve area governors whose responsibilities covered the whole of Israel, providing food for the king and his household. Each one in turn arranged supplies for one month of the year.

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one's turn came to supply for a month in the year.

8 Their names were: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

And these [were] their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.

9 Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh and Elon-beth-hanan;

The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.

10 Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher was his);

The son of Esdi in Araboth; his [was] Socho, and all the land of Opher.

11 Ben-abinadab, in the whole of Naphath-dor (Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, was his wife);

All Nephthador [belonged to] the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one.

12 Baana, son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, the whole of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and across to Jokmeam;

Bana son of Achiluth [had] Ithaanach, and Mageddo, and [his was] the whole house of San which was by Sesathan below Esrae, and from Bethsan as far as Sabelmaula, as far as Maeber Lucam, one.

13 Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, son of Manasseh, in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan, with sixty great cities having walls and bronze bars);

The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him [fell] the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one.

14 Ahinadab, son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.

15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);

Achimaas [was] in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.

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

Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,

17 Jehoshaphat, son of Paruah, in Issachar;

Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar.

18 Shimei, son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

19 Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, (the former country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan. There was also a governor who was over the land of Judah).

Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, [the land] of Seon king of Esebon, and of Og king of Basan, and one officer in the land of Juda.

20 Judah and Israel had become as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They ate, they drank, they were happy.

And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and [they execute] every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing.

21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, right up to the border of Egypt. They presented tribute to Solomon and served him during his lifetime.

And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.

22 The food required every day for Solomon's court was thirty cors of the best flour and sixty cors of meal;

And these [were] the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,

23 ten fattened cattle, twenty range cattle, one hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roe deer, and fattened poultry.

and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.

24 For Solomon ruled over the whole region west of the Euphrates, from Tiphsah to Gaza—over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates. And he had peace on all sides around him. He had peace on every border.

For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.

25 During Solomon's lifetime, everyone in Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan to Beersheba. Each one had their own vine and fig tree.

26 Solomon had 40,000 stalls for his chariot horses, and 12,000 charioteers.

27 Every month the area governors provided in turn food for King Solomon and all who ate at his table. They made sure that nothing was missing.

28 They also delivered barley and straw where they were needed for the chariot horses and cart-horses.

29 God gave to Solomon wisdom, very great discernment, and understanding as extensive as the sand on the seashore.

And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.

30 Solomon's wisdom was greater than that of all the Eastern wise men, greater than all of Egypt's wisdom.

And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.

31 He was wiser than anyone, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol. His reputation spread through the nations around.

And he was wiser than all [other] men: and he was wiser than Gaethan the Zarite, and [than] Aenan, and [than] Chalcad and Darala the son of Mal.

32 Solomon composed three thousand proverbs and one thousand and five songs.

And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.

33 He was able to discuss knowledge of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows in the wall. He taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.

34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon's wisdom. They were sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard about his wisdom.

And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and [ambassadors] from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom.