1 Kings 4

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

King Solomon was king over all Israel.

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

These were the officials whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

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

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

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

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok 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 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king's friend;

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

and Ahishar was over the palace; and Eliab son of Joab was over the army; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

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.

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

8 And these [are] names their Ben-Hur in [the] hill country of Ephraim.

These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

9 Ben-Deker in Makaz and in Shaalbim and in Beth Shemesh and Elon Beth Hanan.

Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

10 Ben-Hesed in Arubboth [belonged] to him Socoh and all [the] land of Hepher.

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

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

Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

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.

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;

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.

Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

14 Ahinadab [the] son of Iddo Mahanaim.

Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

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

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

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

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

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

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 he was the only prefect in the land of Judah.

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.

Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

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 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms, from the River, and to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

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

Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

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

ten head of fat cattle, and twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.

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 over all 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 around him.

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.

Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, 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.

And Solomon had four thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve 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.

Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

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.

And they also brought barley and straw for the horses and the steeds to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.

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.

God gave Solomon wisdom and exceptional insight, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is 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.

Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the east, and all the wisdom 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.

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 all around.

32 And he spoke three thousand proverb[s] and it was song his five and one thousand.

He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.

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.

He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of crawling creatures, and of fish.

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.

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