1 Kings 4

1 And king Solomon was king over all Israel.

Now king Solomon was reigning over all of Israel.

2 And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

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

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

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

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

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

5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend;

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

6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy.

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

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

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.

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

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

9 the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

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

10 the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher;

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

11 the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife;

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

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

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;

13 the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars;

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;

14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

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

15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife;

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

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

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

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 country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and one officer that was over all the officers in the land.

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.

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 innumerable, like the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.

21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt; they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

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.

22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;

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

23 ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, beside harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.

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.

24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River; and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

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.

28 Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where it should be, every man according to his charge.

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.

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

33 And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

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.

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

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.