1 Kings 4

1 And King Salomon was King ouer all Israel.

So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

2 And these were his princes, Azariah the sonne of Zadok the Priest,

and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

3 Elihoreph and Ahiah the sonnes of Shisha scribes, Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder,

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

4 And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the hoste, and Zadok and Abiathar Priests,

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

5 And Azariah the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers, and Zabud the sonne of Nathan Priest was the Kings friend,

Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;

6 And Ahishar was ouer the houshold: and Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tribute.

Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

7 And Salomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vitailes for the King and his housholde: eche man had a moneth in the yeere to prouide vitailes.

Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,

8 And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim:

and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

9 The sonne of Dekar in Makaz, and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, and Elon and Beth-hanan:

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

10 The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom perteined Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

11 The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, which had Taphath the daughter of Salomon to wife.

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

12 Baana the sonne of Ahilud in Taanach, and Megiddo, and in all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Izreel, from Beth-shean to Abelmeholah, eue til beyond ouer against Iokmeam:

Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

13 The sonne of Geber in Ramoth Gilead, and his were the townes of Iair, the sonne of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and vnder him was the region of Argob, which is in Bashan: threescore great cities with walles and barres of brasse.

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

14 Ahinadab the sonne of Iddo had to Mahanaim:

Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he tooke Basmath the daughter of Salomon to wife:

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

16 Baanah the sonne of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth:

Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

17 Iehoshaphat the sonne of Paruah in Issachar.

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

18 Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:

Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

19 Geber the sonne of Vri in the countrey of Gilead, the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, and of Og King of Bashan, and was officer alone in the land.

Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.

20 Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

21 And Salomon reigned ouer all kingdomes, from the Riuer vnto the lande of the Philistims, and vnto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents, and serued Salomon all the dayes of his life.

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22 And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale:

Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,

23 Ten fat oxen, and twentie oxen of the pastures, and an hundreth sheepe, beside hartes, and buckes, and bugles, and fat foule.

ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

24 For he ruled in all the region on the other side of the Riuer, from Tiphsah euen vnto Azzah, ouer all the Kings on the other side the Riuer: and he had peace round about him on euery side.

For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates —over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

25 And Iudah and Israel dwelt without feare, euery man vnder his vine, and vnder his fig tree, from Dan, euen to Beer-sheba, all the dayes of Salomon.

Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

26 And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

27 And these officers prouided vitaile for king Salomon, and for all that came to King Salomons table, euery man his moneth, and they suffred to lacke nothing.

Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

28 Barley also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge.

Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

29 And God gaue Salomon wisdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore,

And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

30 And Salomons wisdome excelled the wisedome of all the children of the East and all the wisedome of Egypt.

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

31 For he was wiser then any man: yea, then were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman, then Chalcol, then Darda the sonnes of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about.

He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

32 And Salomon spake three thousand prouerbs: and his songs were a thousand and fiue.

Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, euen vnto the hyssope that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of foules, and of creeping thinges, and of fishes.

He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

34 And there came of all people to heare the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisedome.

So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.