1 Kings 4

1 And he was the king Solomon king over all Israel.

And king Solomon reigned over Israel.

2 And these [were] the officials who [belonged] to him Azariah [the] son of Zadok [was] the priest.

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

3 Elihoreph and Ahijah [the] sons of Shisha [were] scribes Jehoshaphat [the] son of Ahilud [was] the recorder.

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

4 And Benaiah [the] son of Jehoiada [was] over the army and Zadok and Abiathar [were] priests.

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

5 And Azariah [the] son of Nathan [was] over the overseers and Zabud [the] son of Nathan [was] a priest [the] friend of the king.

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

6 And Ahishar [was] over the house and Adoniram [the] son of Abda [was] over the forced labor.

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 And [belonged] to Solomon two [plus] ten overseers over all Israel and they supplied the king and household his a month in the year it was on (the one *Q(K)*) to supply.

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 And these [are] names their 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 and in Shaalbim and in 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 [belonged] to him Socoh and all [the] land of Hepher.

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

11 Ben-Abinadab all Naphath of Dor Taphath [the] daughter of Solomon she became of him a wife.

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

12 Baana [the] son of Ahilud Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth Shean which [is] beside Zarethan from under to Jezreel from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah to from [the] other side of 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 [belonged] to him [the] villages of Jair [the] son of Manasseh which [are] in Gilead [belonged] to him [the] region of Argob which [is] in Bashan sixty cities large a wall and bar[s] of bronze.

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 [the] son of Iddo Mahanaim.

Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.

15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali also he he took Basemath [the] daughter of Solomon to a wife.

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

16 Baana [the] son of Hushai in Asher and Bealoth.

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

17 Jehoshaphat [the] son of Paruah in Issachar.

Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar.

18 Shimei [the] son of Ela in Benjamin.

Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

19 Geber [the] son of Uri in [the] land of Gilead [the] land of Sihon - [the] king of the Amorite[s] and Og [the] king of Bashan and an overseer one who [was] in the land.

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 [were] numerous like the sand which [is] at the sea for multitude [they were] eating and [were] drinking and [were] joyful.

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 And Solomon he was ruling over all the kingdoms from the River [the] land of [the] Philistines and to [the] border of Egypt [they were] bringing tribute and [were] serving Solomon all [the] days of life his.

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 And it was [the] food of Solomon for a day one thirty cor[s] of fine flour and sixty cor[s] of flour.

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 cattle fat and twenty cattle pasture and one hundred sheep apart from deer and gazelle and roe-deer and birds fattened.

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

24 For he [was] ruling - over all [the] other side of the River from Tiphsah and to Gaza over all [the] kings of [the] other side of the River and peace it belonged to him from all sides his from round about.

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

25 And it dwelt Judah and Israel to security everyone under own vine his and under own fig tree his from Dan and to Beer Sheba all [the] days of Solomon.

26 And it belonged to Solomon forty thousand stalls of horses for chariotry his and two [plus] ten thousand horsemen.

27 And they supplied the overseers these the king Solomon and every [person] approaching to [the] table of the king Solomon each month his not they left lacking anything.

28 And the barley and the straw for the horses and for the steed[s] they brought to the place where it was there each according to measure his.

29 And he gave God wisdom to Solomon and understanding great very and breadth of heart like the sand which [is] on [the] shore of the sea.

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

30 And it was great [the] wisdom of Solomon more than [the] wisdom of all [the] people of [the] east and more than all [the] wisdom of Egypt.

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

31 And he was wise more than any human more than Ethan the Ezrachite and Heman and Kalkol and Darda [the] sons of Mahol and it was name his among all 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 And he spoke three thousand proverb[s] and it was song his five and one thousand.

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

33 And he spoke on the trees from the cedar which [is] in Lebanon and to the hyssop which [is] coming out in the wall and he spoke on the animal[s] and on the bird[s] and on the creeping thing[s] and on the 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 And people came from all the peoples to hear [the] wisdom of Solomon from with all [the] kings of the earth who they had heard wisdom his.

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.