1 Kings 4

1 And king Solomon is king over all Israel,

And king Solomon reigned over Israel.

2 and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest;

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

3 Elihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer;

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

4 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests;

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

5 and Azariah son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, 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 [is] over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda [is] over the tribute.

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 Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household — a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;

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] their names: 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-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and 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 [is] in Aruboth, hath Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;

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

11 Ben-Abinadab [hath] all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife.

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

12 Baana Ben-Ahilud [hath] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-Shean unto Abel-Meholah, unto beyond Jokneam.

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, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that [is] in Bashan, sixty great cities [with] wall and brazen bar.

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 son of Iddo [hath] Mahanaim.

Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.

15 Ahimaaz [is] in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife.

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

16 Baanah Ben-Hushai [is] in Asher, and in Aloth.

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

17 Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah [is] in Issachar.

Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar.

18 Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin.

Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

19 Geber Ben-Uri [is] in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and one officer who [is] 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 [are] many, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

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 hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River [to] the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all days of his life.

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 the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal;

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 fat oxen, and twenty feeding oxen, and a hundred sheep, apart from hart, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls,

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

24 for he is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and unto Gaza, over all the kings beyond the river, and he hath peace from all his servants round about.

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

25 And Judah dwelleth — and Israel — in confidence, each under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon.

26 And Solomon hath forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

27 And these officers have sustained king Solomon and every one drawing near unto the table of king Solomon, each [in] his month; they let nothing be lacking.

28 And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.

29 And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that [is] on the edge 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 the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and 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 is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.

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 speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs [are] five, and the chief one;

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

33 and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,

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 there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.

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.