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1 Kings 4

1Andkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010wasH1961kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

2AndthesearetheprincesH8269whomhehad:Azariahעֲזַרְיָ֥הוּ'a.zar.Ya.huH5838thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofZadokצָד֖וֹקtza.DokH6659waspriestהַכֹּהֵֽן׃ סha.ko.HenH3548;

3ElihorephandAhiah,thesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofShisha,scribesH5608;Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טye.ho.sha.FatH3092thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAhiludאֲחִיל֖וּד'a.chi.LudH286, chronicler;

4andBenaiahוּבְנָיָ֥הוּu.ve.na.Ya.huH1141thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֖עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077wasoverthehostH6635;andZadokוְצָד֥וֹקve.tza.DokH6659andAbiatharוְאֶבְיָתָ֖רve.'ev.ya.TarH54werepriestsכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ סko.ha.NimH3548;

5andAzariahוַעֲזַרְיָ֥הוּva.'a.zar.Ya.huH5838thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofNathanנָתָ֖ןna.TanH5416wasoverthesuperintendents;andZabudthesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNathanנָתָ֛ןna.TanH5416wasprincipal officer,theking'sfriendרֵעֶ֥הre.'EhH7463;

6andAhisharwasoverthehouseholdH1004;andAdoniramוַאֲדֹנִירָ֥םva.'a.do.ni.RamH141thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAbdaעַבְדָּ֖א'av.Da'H5653wasoverthelevy-service.

7AndSolomonוְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞הve.lish.lo.MohH8010hadtwelvesuperintendentsoverallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478;andtheyprovidedH3557foodforthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andhishouseholdבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004:eachmanhismonthחֹ֧דֶשׁCho.deshH2320intheyearבַּשָּׁנָ֛הba.sha.NahH8141hadtomake provision.

8AndthesearetheirnamesH8034:Ben-Hur,inmountEphraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃ ס'ef.Ra.yimH669.

9Ben-DekerinMakaz,andinShaalbimוּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖יםu.ve.sha.'al.VimH8169,andBeth-shemeshH1053,andElon-Beth-hanan.

10Ben-Hesed,inArubboth;hehadSochoh,andallthelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofHepherחֵֽפֶר׃ סChe.ferH2660.

11Ben-AbinadabhadalltheuplandofDorדֹּ֑ארDorH1756;Taphaththedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010wasH1961hiswifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סle.'i.ShahH802.

12Baanaבַּֽעֲנָא֙ba.'a.Na'H1195thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAhiludאֲחִיל֔וּד'a.chi.LudH286hadTaanachתַּעְנַ֖ךְta'.NakhH8590andMegiddoוּמְגִדּ֑וֹu.me.gi.DoH4023,andallBeth-sheanH1052,whichisbyZaretanbeneathJizreel,fromBeth-sheanH1052toAbel-MeholahH65,asfarasbeyondJokneam.

13Ben-Geber,inRamoth-Gilead;hehadthevillagesofJairיָאִ֨ירya.'IrH2971thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֜הme.na.ShehH4519,whichareinGileadH1568;hehadtheregionofArgob,whichisinBashanבַּבָּשָׁ֔ןba.ba.ShanH1316,sixtyשִׁשִּׁים֙shi.ShimH8346greatH1419citiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892withwallsחוֹמָ֖הcho.MahH2346andbarsוּבְרִ֥יחַu.ve.Ri.achH1280ofbronzeנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סne.Cho.shetH5178.

14Ahinadabthesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofIddoעִדֹּ֖א'i.Do'H5714,atMahanaimמַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃ma.cha.Na.ye.mahH4266.

15Ahimaazאֲחִימַ֖עַץ'a.chi.Ma.'atzH290,inNephtali;healsoגַּם־gam-H1571tookH3947Basmaththedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010aswifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

16Baanahthesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHushaiחוּשָׁ֔יchu.ShaiH2365,inAsherבְּאָשֵׁ֖רbe.'a.SherH836andinAloth.

17Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טye.ho.sha.FatH3092thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofParuah,inIssacharבְּיִשָׂשכָֽר׃ סbe.yi.so.sh.KharH3485.

18Shimeiשִׁמְעִ֥יshim.'IH8096thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofEla,inBenjaminבְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ סbe.vin.ya.MinH1144.

19Geberthesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofUriאֻרִ֖י'u.RiH221,inthelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofGileadגִּלְעָ֑דgil.'AdH1568,thelandאֶ֜רֶץ'E.retzH776ofSihonסִיח֣וֹן׀si.ChonH5511thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428oftheAmoritesH567,andofOgוְעֹג֙ve.'OgH5747thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBashanהַבָּשָׁ֔ןha.ba.ShanH1316;and[hewas]theonlysuperintendentthatwasinthelandבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

20Judahיְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahH3063andIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478weremanyH7227,asthesandכַּח֥וֹלka.CholH2344whichisbytheseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220inmultitudeלָרֹ֑בla.RoH7230,eatingאֹכְלִ֥ים'o.khe.LimH398anddrinkingוְשֹׁתִ֖יםve.sho.TimH8354andmaking merry.

21And Solomon ruled over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

23ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.

24For he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gazah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about.

25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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

27And 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 wanting.

28And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.

29And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

30And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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

32And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

33And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

34And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 4

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