English Standard Version
1 Kings 4:13
13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
1 Kings 4:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
- New International Version (NIV)Ben-Geber—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);
- New King James Version (NKJV)Ben-Geber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan—sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead, including the Towns of Jair (named for Jair of the tribe of Manasseh) in Gilead, and in the Argob region of Bashan, including sixty large fortified towns with bronze bars on their gates.
Context of 1 Kings 4:13
11Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); 12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam; Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
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בֶּן־גֶּ֖בֶר בְּרָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑ד ל֡וֹ חַוֹּת֩ יָאִ֨יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּגִּלְעָ֗ד ל֚וֹ חֶ֤בֶל אַרְגֹּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן שִׁשִּׁים֙ עָרִ֣ים גְּדֹל֔וֹת חוֹמָ֖ה וּבְרִ֥יחַ נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The son of Geberבֶּן־גֶּ֫בֶרben-geber · Ben-GeberH1127
- in Ramoth–gileadרָמֹתrâmôth gil‛âd râmôth gil‛âd · Ramoth (Gilead)H7433
- in Ramoth–gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · (Ramoth)-gileadH1568
- the townsחַוָּהchavvâh · villageH2333
- of Jairיָאִירyâ'îyr · JairH2971
- the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
- in Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
- the regionחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
- of Argobאַרְגֹּב'argôb · ArgobH709
- in Bashanבָּשָׁןbâshân · BashanH1316
- threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
- greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- with wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
- and brasenנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
- barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:13
- 1 Kings 22:3And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
- Deuteronomy 4:43Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
- Joshua 20:8And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland, from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 21:38and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
- 2 Kings 9:1Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Tie up your garments, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
- Numbers 32:41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
- Deuteronomy 3:4And we took all his cities at that time—there was not a city that we did not take from them—sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
- Psalms 68:15O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
Commentaries on 1 Kings 4:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars - These were fortified cities: their gates and bars covered with plates of brass. Such were the gates in Priam's palace: - Ipse inter primos correpta dura bipenni Limina perrumpit, Postes que a cardine vellit Aeratos. Virg. Aen., lib. ii. ver. 479. Fierce Pyrrhus in the front, with forceful sway, Plied the huge axe, and hew'd the beams away; The solid timbers from the portal tore, And rent from every…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13It will be observed that five out of the twelve prefects are designated solely by their father‘s names, Ben-Hur, etc., while one (Ahimaaz, 1 Kings 4:15) has no such designation. Probably the document, which the author of the Book of Kings consulted, had contained originally the proper name and father‘s name of each prefect; but it was mutilated or illegible in places at the time when he consulted it. If it was in the shape of a list, a single mutilation…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-19The twelve district governors likely managed smaller tasks, like collecting taxes and supplying food for the king's household. Solomon's twelve districts did not match the old tribal areas exactly.Read the comment
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- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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