1 Kings 4

1 And King Solomon is king over all Israel,

Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

2 and these [are] the heads whom he has: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest;

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

3 Elihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer;

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

4 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests;

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

5 and Azariah son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king;

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 [is] over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda [is] 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 has twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household—a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;

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 the hill-country of Ephraim;

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

9 Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and 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 Aruboth, has 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 [has] all the elevation of Dor; Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife;

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

12 Baana Ben-Ahilud [has] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-Shean to Abel-Meholah, to 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, has the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; he has a portion of Argob that [is] in Bashan—sixty great cities [with] wall and bronze bar;

... 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 son of Iddo [has] Mahanaim;

Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

15 Ahimaaz [is] in Naphtali; he also has taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife;

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

16 Baanah Ben-Hushai [is] in Asher, and in Aloth;

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

17 Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah [is] in Issachar;

Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

18 Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin;

Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19 Geber Ben-Uri [is] in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and [he is] the one officer who [is] 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 [are] many, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

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 has been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River [to] the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt: they are bringing a present near, and serving 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 the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors 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 fat oxen, and twenty feeding oxen, and one hundred sheep, apart from deer, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls,

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 is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and to Gaza, over all the kings beyond the River, and he has peace from all his surrounding servants.

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 dwells—and Israel—in confidence, each 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 has 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 these officers have sustained King Solomon and everyone drawing near to the table of King Solomon, each [in] his month; they let nothing be lacking.

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 horses and for dromedaries, they bring to the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.

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 gives very much wisdom and understanding to Solomon, and breadth of heart, as the sand that [is] on the edge of the sea;

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 the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and [greater] than 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 is wiser than all men, [wiser] than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the surrounding nations.

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 speaks three thousand allegories, and his songs [are] one 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 speaks concerning the trees, from the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, even to the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaks concerning the livestock, and concerning the bird, 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 there come out [those] of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have 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.