1 Kings 4
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The Court of Solomon
1So King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2These were the officials in his court:
Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest.
3#2Sa 8:16Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries.
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
4#1Ki 2:35Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army.
Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
5#2Sa 15:37; 16:16Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers,
and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer and the king’s friend.
6#2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 9:15Ahishar was over the household,
and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the forced labor.
7Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel who made provision for the king and his household. Each man was assigned a month to make provision. 8#Jos 24:33These are their names:
the son of Hur in Mount Ephraim;
9the son of Deker in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan;
10#Jos 12:17; 15:35the son of Hesed in Arubboth (to him belonged Sokoh and all the land of Hepher);
11#Jos 11:2the son of Abinadab in all the region of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
12#Jos 17:11; 3:16Baana the son of Ahilud in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shan that is by Zarethan beneath Jezreel, and from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
13#Nu 32:41; Dt 3:4the son of Geber in Ramoth Gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which are in Gilead, and also the region of Argob which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and iron bars);
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
15Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
16Baana the son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar;
18#1Ki 1:8Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin;
19Geber the son of Uri in the country of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only officer who was in that region.
The Wealth of Solomon
20#Ge 22:17; 1Ki 3:8Judah and Israel had a large populace, as numerous as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. 21#Ge 15:18; Jos 1:4Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River#Euphrates River. to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. The people brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors#Likely about 51/2 tons, or 5 metric tons. of fine flour and sixty kors#Likely about 11 tons, or 10 metric tons. of meal, 23ten fat oxen and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep in addition to deer, roebucks, gazelle, and fatted poultry. 24#1Ch 22:9; Ps 72:11For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River#Euphrates River. from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River,#Euphrates River. and he had peace on all borders of his land. 25#Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba all the days of Solomon.
26#2Ch 1:14; 9:25Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.
27Those officers made provision for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, every man in his month, and they lacked nothing. 28#Est 8:10; 8:14Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries were brought to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
29#1Ki 3:12; 4:20God gave Solomon wisdom and great depth of understanding as well as compassion, as vast as the sand on the seashore. 30#Ac 7:22; Ge 25:6Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the East country and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31#1Ki 3:12; 1Ch 2:6For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Kalkol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations. 32#Ecc 12:9He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five. 33He spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He also spoke of beasts and of fowl and of insects and fish. 34#1Ki 10:1; 2Ch 9:23People from all over came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
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Melaḵim Aleph (1 Kings) 4
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1And it came to be that Sovereign Shelomoh was sovereign over all Yisra’ĕl.
2And these were his chief officials: Azaryahu son of Tsaḏoq, the priest;
3Eliḥoreph and Aḥiyah, sons of Shisha, scribes; Yehoshaphat son of Aḥiluḏ, the recorder;
4and Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏa, over the army; and Tsaḏoq and Eḇyathar, the priests;
5and Azaryahu son of Nathan, over the officers; Zaḇuḏ son of Nathan, a priest, friend of the sovereign;
6and Aḥishar, over the household; and Aḏoniram son of Aḇda, over the compulsory labour.
7And Shelomoh had twelve governors over all Yisra’ĕl, who provided food for the sovereign and his household – each one made provision for one new moon of the year –
8and these were their names: Ben-Ḥur, in the mountains of Ephrayim;
9Ben-Deqer, in Maqats and Sha‛alḇim and Bĕyth Shemesh and Ělon Bĕyth Ḥanan;
10Ben-Ḥeseḏ in Arubboth, Soḵoh and all the land of Ḥĕpher were his;
11Ben-Aḇinaḏaḇ, all the height of Dor, Taphath the daughter of Shelomoh became his wife;
12Ba‛ana son of Aḥiluḏ, in Ta‛anaḵ and Meḡiddo, and all Bĕyth She’an, which is beside Tsarethan below Yizre‛ĕl, from Bĕyth She’an to Aḇĕl Meḥolah, as far as the other side of Yoqne‛am;
13Ben-Geḇer, in Ramoth Gil‛aḏ, the towns of Ya’ir son of Menashsheh in Gil‛aḏ were his; the portion of Argoḇ in Bashan, sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars, were his;
14Aḥinaḏaḇ son of Iddo, in Maḥanayim;
15Aḥima‛ats in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Shelomoh as wife;
16Ba‛anah son of Ḥushai, in Ashĕr and in Aloth;
17Yehoshaphat son of Paruwaḥ, in Yissasḵar;
18Shim‛i son of Ělah, in Binyamin;
19Geḇer son of Uri, in the land of Gil‛aḏ, in the land of Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites and of Oḡ sovereign of Bashan, and one governor was in the land.
20Yehuḏah and Yisra’ĕl were as numerous as the sand by the sea, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21And Shelomoh was ruling over all reigns from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Mitsrayim. They did taskwork and served Shelomoh all the days of his life.
22And Shelomoh’s food supply for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, and sixty kors of meal,
23ten fatted cattle and twenty cattle from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.
24For he was ruling over all on this side of the River from Tiphsaḥ even to Azzah, over all the sovereigns on this side of the River. And he had peace on all sides round about him.
25And Yehuḏah and Yisra’ĕl dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far as Be’ĕrsheḇa, all the days of Shelomoh.
26And Shelomoh had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27And these governors, each one in his new moon, provided food for Sovereign Shelomoh and for all who came to the table of Sovereign Shelomoh. There was no lack in their supply.
28They also brought barley and straw to the appointed place, for the horses and steeds, each one according to his right-ruling.
29And Elohim gave Shelomoh exceeding great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.
30And Shelomoh’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Mitsrayim.
31For he was wiser than all men, than Ěythan the Ezrahite, and Hĕman, and Kalkol, and Darda, the sons of Maḥol. And his name was in all the nations round about.
32And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.
33And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Leḇanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. And he spoke of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping creatures, and of fish.
34And there came from all peoples, from all the sovereigns of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, to hear the wisdom of Shelomoh.
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