New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Kings 4:2-19
2These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was 1the priest; 3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; 2Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; 4and 3Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and 4Abiathar were priests; 5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over 5the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s friend; 6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
7Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who 6provided for the king and his household; each man had to 7provide for a month in the year. 8These are their names: Ben-hur, in the 8hill country of Ephraim; 9Ben-deker in Makaz and 9Shaalbim and 10Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan; 10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (11Socoh was his and all the land of 12Hepher); 11Ben-abinadab, in all 13the 14height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife); 12Baana the son of Ahilud, in 15Taanach and Megiddo, and all 16Beth-shean which is beside 17Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to 18Abel-meholah as far as the other side of 19Jokmeam; 13Ben-geber, in 20Ramoth-gilead (21the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: 22the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in 23Mahanaim; 1524Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon); 16Baana the son of 25Hushai, in Asher and 26Bealoth; 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 1827Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; 19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, 28the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.
Notes
- 1. 1 Kings 4:2 1 Chr 6:10 ↩
- 2. 1 Kings 4:3 2 Sam 8:16 ↩
- 3. 1 Kings 4:4 1 Kin 2:35 ↩
- 4. 1 Kings 4:4 1 Kin 2:27 ↩
- 5. 1 Kings 4:5 1 Kin 4:7 ↩
- 6. 1 Kings 4:7 Lit nourished ↩
- 7. 1 Kings 4:7 Lit nourish ↩
- 8. 1 Kings 4:8 Josh 24:33 ↩
- 9. 1 Kings 4:9 Judg 1:35 ↩
- 10. 1 Kings 4:9 Josh 21:16 ↩
- 11. 1 Kings 4:10 Josh 15:35 ↩
- 12. 1 Kings 4:10 Josh 12:17 ↩
- 13. 1 Kings 4:11 Or Naphoth-dor ↩
- 14. 1 Kings 4:11 Josh 11:1, 2 ↩
- 15. 1 Kings 4:12 Judg 5:19 ↩
- 16. 1 Kings 4:12 Josh 17:11 ↩
- 17. 1 Kings 4:12 Josh 3:16 ↩
- 18. 1 Kings 4:12 1 Kin 19:16 ↩
- 19. 1 Kings 4:12 1 Chr 6:68 ↩
- 20. 1 Kings 4:13 1 Kin 22:3-15 ↩
- 21. 1 Kings 4:13 Num 32:41 ↩
- 22. 1 Kings 4:13 Deut 3:4 ↩
- 23. 1 Kings 4:14 Josh 13:26 ↩
- 24. 1 Kings 4:15 2 Sam 15:27 ↩
- 25. 1 Kings 4:16 2 Sam 15:32 ↩
- 26. 1 Kings 4:16 Or in Aloth ↩
- 27. 1 Kings 4:18 1 Kin 1:8 ↩
- 28. 1 Kings 4:19 Deut 3:8-10 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Kings 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- 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
- EGW Writings
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