1 Kings 4

1 King Solomon was king over all Israel.

And he was the king Solomon king over all Israel.

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

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

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

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

4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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

5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;

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

6 Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

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

7 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 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;

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.

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

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.

14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

Ahinadab [the] son of Iddo Mahanaim.

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

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

16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

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

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 country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.

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.

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

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

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

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.

22 Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,

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

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

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

24 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.

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.

25 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.

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 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

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

27 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.

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 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.

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 God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.

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.

30 Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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.

31 For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around.

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.

32 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.

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

33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.

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.

34 People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

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.