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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon&#8217;s Officials and Governors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So King Solomon ruled over all Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And these were his chief officials:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.4.2"><span class="content">Azariah son of Zadok&#8212;the priest;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha&#8212;secretaries;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.4.3"><span class="content">Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud&#8212;recorder;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Benaiah son of Jehoiada&#8212;commander in chief;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.4.4"><span class="content">Zadok and Abiathar&#8212;priests;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Azariah son of Nathan&#8212;in charge of the district governors;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.4.5"><span class="content">Zabud son of Nathan&#8212;a priest and adviser to the king;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Ahishar&#8212;palace administrator;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.4.6"><span class="content">Adoniram son of Abda&#8212;in charge of forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Solomon had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These are their names:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.4.8"><span class="content">Ben-Hur&#8212;in the hill country of Ephraim;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ben-Deker&#8212;in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Ben-Hesed&#8212;in Arubboth (Sokoh and all the land of Hepher were his);</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ben-Abinadab&#8212;in Naphoth Dor (he was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon);</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Baana son of Ahilud&#8212;in Taanach and Megiddo, and in all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across to Jokmeam;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Ben-Geber&#8212;in Ramoth Gilead (the settlements of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead were his, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan and its sixty large walled cities with bronze gate bars);</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Ahinadab son of Iddo&#8212;in Mahanaim;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Ahimaaz&#8212;in Naphtali (he had married Basemath daughter of Solomon);</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Baana son of Hushai&#8212;in Asher and in Aloth;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jehoshaphat son of Paruah&#8212;in Issachar;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Shimei son of Ela&#8212;in Benjamin;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Geber son of Uri&#8212;in Gilead (the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and the country of Og king of Bashan). He was the only governor over the district.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon&#8217;s Daily Provisions</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon&#8217;s subjects all his life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s daily provisions were thirty cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:22 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 5 1/2 tons or about 5 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the finest flour and sixty cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:22 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of meal, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and had peace on all sides. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">During Solomon&#8217;s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Solomon had four</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 9:25); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">forty</span></span></span><span class="content"> thousand stalls for chariot horses, and twelve thousand horses.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.4.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The district governors, each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king&#8217;s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon&#8217;s Wisdom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.4.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite&#8212;wiser than Heman, Kalkol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.4.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.4.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">From all nations people came to listen to Solomon&#8217;s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:34 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 4:21-34 is numbered 5:1-14.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. </span></span></div>
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