1 Kings 4
1 and to be [the] king Solomon king upon all Israel
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 and these [the] ruler which to/for him Azariah son: child Zadok [the] priest
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah son: child Shisha secretary Jehoshaphat son: child Ahilud [the] to remember
Shisha’s sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were the [official] secretaries. Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was the one who announced to the people the king’s decisions.
4 and Benaiah son: child Jehoiada upon [the] army and Zadok and Abiathar priest
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 and Azariah son: child Nathan upon [the] to stand and Zabud son: child Nathan priest friend [the] king
Nathan’s son Azariah was the administrator of the governors. Another of Nathan’s sons, Zabud, was a priest and the king’s chief advisor.
6 and Ahishar upon [the] house: home and Adoniram son: child Abda upon [the] taskworker
Ahishar supervised the servants who worked in the palace. Abda’s son Adoniram supervised the men who were forced to do work [for the government].
7 and to/for Solomon two ten to stand upon all Israel and to sustain [obj] [the] king and [obj] house: household his month in/on/with year to be upon ([the] one *Q(K)*) to/for to sustain
Solomon appointed twelve men, one to govern [each of the regions] in Israel. They also were required to provide food for the king and all the others who lived and worked in the palace. Each man was required to provide from his own region the food for one month each year.
8 and these name their Ben-hur Ben-hur in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-deker Ben-deker in/on/with Makaz and in/on/with Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan Elonbeth-hanan Elonbeth-hanan
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 son: child Hesed in/on/with Arubboth to/for him Socoh and all land: country/planet Hepher
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben-Abinadab Ben-Abinadab all Naphath Dor Taphath daughter Solomon to be to/for him to/for woman: wife
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana son: child Ahilud Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth-shean Beth-shean which beside Zarethan [to] from underneath: under to/for Jezreel from Beth-shean Beth-shean till Abel-meholah Abel-meholah till from side: beside to/for Jokmeam
Ahilud’s son Baana, for Taanach and Megiddo [towns], and all the region near Zarethan [city], and from Beth-Shan [city] south of Jezreel as far as Abel-Meholah [town] and Jokmeam [city];
13 Ben-Geber Ben-Geber in/on/with Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead to/for him village Jair son: child Manasseh which in/on/with Gilead to/for him cord Argob which in/on/with Bashan sixty city great: large wall and bar bronze
Ben-Geber, for Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and for the villages in Gilead that belonged to Jair, who was a descendant of Manasseh, and the Argob area in [the] Bashan [region]. There were 60 large towns in that region altogether, each town with a wall around it and bronze bars across the gates.
14 Ahinadab son: child Iddo Mahanaim [to]
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Ahimaaz in/on/with Naphtali also he/she/it to take: marry [obj] Basemath daughter Solomon to/for woman: wife
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baana son: child Hushai in/on/with Asher and Bealoth
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Jehoshaphat son: child Paruah in/on/with Issachar
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Shimei son: child Ela in/on/with Benjamin
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Geber son: child Uri in/on/with land: country/planet Gilead land: country/planet Sihon king [the] Amorite and Og king [the] Bashan and garrison one which in/on/with land: country/planet
Uri’s son Geber, for the Gilead region, the land that Sihon the king of the Amor people-group [formerly ruled], and the Bashan [area], which was the area that Og [formerly ruled]. [In addition to all those], Solomon appointed one governor for the [territory of the] tribe of Judah.
20 Judah and Israel many like/as sand which upon [the] sea to/for abundance to eat and to drink and glad
There were as many people in Judah and Israel as there are grains of sand [HYP] on the seashore. They [had plenty to] eat and drink and they were happy.
21 and Solomon to be to rule in/on/with all [the] kingdom from [the] River land: country/planet Philistine and till border: boundary Egypt to approach: bring offering: tribute and to serve [obj] Solomon all day life his
Solomon’s kingdom extended from the Euphrates [River in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] and to the border of Egypt [in the south]. The [conquered] people in those areas paid taxes and were under Solomon’s control for the rest of his life.
22 and to be food: allowance Solomon to/for day one thirty kor fine flour and sixty kor flour
[To feed the people in his palace and his guests] Solomon needed people to bring to him every day 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of wheat,
23 ten cattle fat and twenty cattle pasture and hundred flock to/for alone from deer and gazelle and roebuck and fowl to fatten
ten cattle that were kept in stalls/barns, 20 cattle that were kept in pastures, 100 sheep, and (deer and gazelles and roebucks/three kinds of deer), and poultry.
24 for he/she/it to rule in/on/with all side: west [the] River from Tiphsah and till Gaza in/on/with all king side: west [the] River and peace to be to/for him from all side: beside his from around
Solomon ruled over all the area west of the Euphrates [River], from Tiphsah [city in the northeast] to Gaza [city in the southwest]. He ruled over all the kings in that area. And there was peace between his [government] and the [governments of] nearby countries.
25 and to dwell Judah and Israel to/for security man: anyone underneath: under vine his and underneath: under fig his from Dan and till Beersheba Beersheba all day Solomon
All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
26 and to be to/for Solomon forty thousand stall horse to/for chariot his and two ten thousand horseman
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for the horses [that pulled] his chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses (OR, in the chariots).
27 and to sustain [the] to stand [the] these [obj] [the] king Solomon and [obj] all [the] approaching to(wards) table [the] king Solomon man: anyone month his not to lack word: thing
His twelve governors supplied the food that King Solomon needed for himself and for all those who ate in the palace. Each governor supplied food for one month each year. They provided everything [LIT] that Solomon required.
28 and [the] barley and [the] straw to/for horse and to/for steed to come (in): bring to(wards) [the] place which to be there man: anyone like/as justice: custom his
They also brought [stalks of] barley and wheat for the fast horses [that pulled the chariots] and for the [other work] horses. They brought it to the places where the horses were kept.
29 and to give: give God wisdom to/for Solomon and understanding to multiply much and width heart like/as sand which upon lip: shore [the] sea
God enabled Solomon to be extremely wise and to have great insight/understanding. He understood about more things than the number of grains of sand on the seashore [HYP].
30 and to multiply wisdom Solomon from wisdom all son: descendant/people front: east and from all wisdom Egypt
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 and be wise from all [the] man from Ethan [the] Ezrahite and Heman and Calcol and Darda son: child Mahol and to be name his in/on/with all [the] nation around
Ethan from Ezrah and Heman and Calcol and Darda and the sons of Mahol were [considered to be] very wise, but Solomon was wiser than all of them. People in all the nearby countries heard about Solomon.
32 and to speak: speak three thousand proverb and to be song his five and thousand
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 and to speak: speak upon [the] tree from [the] cedar which in/on/with Lebanon and till [the] hyssop which to come out: issue in/on/with wall and to speak: speak upon [the] animal and upon [the] bird and upon [the] creeping and upon [the] fish
He talked about various kinds of plants, from the [huge] cedar trees in Lebanon to the [tiny] hyssop plants that grow in cracks in walls. He also talked about wild animals and birds and reptiles and fish.
34 and to come (in): come from all [the] people to/for to hear: hear [obj] wisdom Solomon from with all king [the] land: country/planet which to hear: hear [obj] wisdom his
People came from all over the world to hear the wise things that Solomon said. Many kings sent men to listen to him [and then return and tell them what Solomon said].
