1 Kings 4

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

So 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.

And these were the princes which 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 Ahiah, 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 the 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 principal officer, and 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 household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the forced labour.

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, who provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

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

And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

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

The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:

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

The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

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

The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for a 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; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even to the place that is beyond Jokneam:

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 Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brasen bars:

14 Ahinadab [the] son of Iddo Mahanaim.

Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

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

Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:

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

Baanah the son of Hushai was 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 Elah, 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 was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.

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 reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents, 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.

And 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 fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowls.

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 the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side of 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.

And Judah and Israel dwelt 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 forty 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.

And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all that came to king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

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.

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries they brought to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

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 God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

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’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, 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 Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.

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

And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and 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.

And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spoke also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, 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 there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.