1 Kings 4
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1 Kings 4:1-19

1So KingH4428 SolomonH8010 ruledH4428 overH5921H3605 IsraelH3478, 2and theseH428 were his chief officialsH8269:

AzariahH5838 sonH1121 of ZadokH6659 was the priestH3548; 3ElihorephH456 and AhijahH281, the sonsH1121 of ShishaH7894,1 were secretariesH5608; JehoshaphatH3092 sonH1121 of AhiludH286 was the recorderH2142; 4BenaiahH1141 sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077 was in charge ofH5921 the armyH6635; ZadokH6659 and AbiatharH54 were priestsH3548; 5AzariahH5838 sonH1121 of NathanH5416 was in charge ofH5921 the governorsH5324; ZabudH2071 sonH1121 of NathanH5416 was a priestH3548 and adviserH7463 to the kingH4428; 6AhisharH301 was in charge ofH5921 the palaceH1004; and AdoniramH1412 sonH1121 of AbdaH5653 was in charge ofH5921 the forced laborH4522.

7SolomonH8010 had twelveH8147H6240 governorsH5324 overH5921 allH3605 IsraelH3478 to provide foodH3557 for the kingH4428 and his householdH1004. Each oneH259 would arrange provisionsH3557 for one monthH2320 of the yearH8141H1961H5921, 8and theseH428 were their namesH8034:

Ben-hurH1133 in the hill countryH2022 of EphraimH669; 9Ben-dekerH1128 in MakazH4739, in ShaalbimH8169, in Beth-shemeshH1053, and in Elon-beth-hananH358; 10Ben-hesedH1121H2618 in ArubbothH700 (SocohH7755 and allH3605 the landH776 of HepherH2660 belonged to him); 11Ben-abinadabH1125 in Naphath-dorH3605H5316H17563 (TaphathH2955, a daughterH1323 of SolomonH8010, wasH1961 his wifeH802); 12BaanaH1195 sonH1121 of AhiludH286 in TaanachH8590, in MegiddoH4023, and in allH3605 of Beth-sheanH1052 next toH681 ZarethanH6891 belowH8478 JezreelH3157, fromH1052 Beth-sheanH1052 toH5704 Abel-meholahH65 and on pastH5676 JokmeamH3361; 13Ben-geberH1127 in Ramoth-gileadH7418 (the villagesH2333 of JairH2971 son ofH1121 ManassehH4519 in GileadH1568 belonged to him, as well as the regionH2256 of ArgobH709 in BashanH1316 with its sixtyH8346 greatH1419 citiesH5892 with wallsH2346 and bronzeH5178 barsH1280); 14AhinadabH292 sonH1121 of IddoH5714 in MahanaimH4266; 15AhimaazH290 in NaphtaliH5321 (heH1931 had marriedH3947 BasemathH1315, a daughterH1323 of SolomonH8010); 16BaanaH1195 sonH1121 of HushaiH2365 in AsherH836 and in AlothH1175; 17JehoshaphatH3092 sonH1121 of ParuahH6515 in IssacharH3485; 18ShimeiH8096 sonH1121 of ElaH414 in BenjaminH1144; 19GeberH1398 sonH1121 of UriH221 in the landH776 of GileadH1568, including the territoriesH776 of SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567 and of OgH5747 kingH4428 of BashanH1316.

There was also oneH259 governorH5333 in the landH776 of Judah.4

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 4:3 Shisha is also called Seraiah, Sheva, and Shavsha; see 2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 20:25, and 1 Chronicles 18:16. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 4:6 Adoniram is a variant of Adoram and Hadoram; see 2 Samuel 20:24 and 2 Chronicles 10:18. ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 4:11 Or in all the heights of Dor; Naphath-dor is a variant of Naphoth-dor; see Joshua 11:2. ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 4:19 Some LXX manuscripts; Hebrew And he was the one governor in the land. ↩

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