1 Kings 4

1 Thus was king Solomon king over all Israel.

Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

2 And these were the princes whom he had: 'Azaryahu the son of Zadok the priest;

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

3 Elichoreph and Achiyah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud, the recorder;

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

4 And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada' over the army; and Zadok and Ebyathar priests;

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

5 And Azaryahu the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was an officer of state and 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 Achishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of 'Abda was 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 superintendents over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household: one month in the year had the particular one to procure provisions.

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-chur on the mountain of Ephraim;

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

9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Sha'albim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-chanan;

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

10 Ben-chessed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Chepher;

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

11 Ben-abinadab, in all the district of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for wife;

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

12 Ba'ana the son of Achilud in Tha'anach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zarethanah beneath Yizre'el, from Beth-shean to Abel-mecholah, as far as beyond Yokme'am;

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-gil'ad; to him pertained the villages of Ya'ir the son of Menasseh, which are in Gil'ad; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen 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 Achinadab the son of 'Iddo in Machanayim;

Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

15 Achima'az in Naphtali; he also took Bahsemath the daughter of Solomon for wife;

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

16 Ba'anah the son of Chushai in Asher and in Be'aloth;

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

17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruach, in Issachar;

Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

18 Shim'i the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19 Geber the son of Uri in the country of Gil'ad, the country of Sichon the king of the Emorites, and of 'Og the king of Bashan; besides the one superintendent who 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 numerous, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude; and they ate and drank, and made 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 was ruling over all the kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt, which 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 kors of fine flour, and sixty kors 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 pasture oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, 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 the region on this side the river, from Thiphsach even to Gazzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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 in safety, 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 for the 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 superintendents provided for king Solomon, and for all that came near unto 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 The barley also and the straw for the horses and the runners did they bring unto the place where he might be, every man according to his prescription.

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 unto Solomon wisdom and understanding exceedingly much, 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 children of the east country, 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 And he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrachite, and Heman, and Kalkol, and Darda', the sons of Machol: and his name was [spread] among 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 concerning the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on the Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spoke also concerning the beasts, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the 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 men came from all the people 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.