New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Kings 4:2-19
2TheseH428 were his officialsH8269: AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of ZadokH6659 was 1the priestH3548; 3ElihorephH456 and AhijahH281, the sonsH1121 of ShishaH7894 were scribesH5613; 2JehoshaphatH3092 the sonH1121 of AhiludH286 was the secretaryH4206; 4and 3BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077 was overH5921 the armyH6635; and ZadokH6659 and 4AbiatharH54 were priestsH3548; 5and AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of NathanH5416 was overH5921 5the deputiesH5324; and ZabudH2071 the sonH1121 of NathanH5416, a priestH3548, was the king’sH4428 confidantH7463; 6and AhisharH301 was overH5921 the householdH1004; and AdoniramH141 the sonH1121 of AbdaH5653 was overH5921 the forcedH4522 laborH4522.
7SolomonH8010 had twelveH8147H6240 deputiesH5324 overH5921 allH3605 IsraelH3478, who providedH3557 foodH3557 for the kingH4428 and his householdH1004; eachH259 deputy hadH1961H5921 to provideH3557 foodH3557 for a monthH2320 in the yearH8141. 8And theseH428 were their namesH8034: Ben-hurH1133, in the 6hillH2022 countryH2022 of EphraimH669; 9Ben-dekerH1128 in MakazH4739 and 7ShaalbimH8169, and 8Beth-shemeshH1053, and Elonbeth-hananH358; 10Ben-hesedH1136 in ArubbothH700 (9SocohH7755 was his and allH3605 the landH776 of 10HepherH2660); 11Ben-abinadabH1125 in allH3605 11the 12hillsH5299 of DorH1756 (TaphathH2955 the daughterH1323 of SolomonH8010 was his wifeH802); 12BaanaH1195 the sonH1121 of AhiludH286 in 13TaanachH8590 and MegiddoH4023, and allH3605 14Beth-sheanH1052 whichH834 is besideH681 15ZarethanH6891 belowH4480H8478 JezreelH3157, from Beth-sheanH1052 to 16Abel-meholahH65 as farH5704 as the otherH5676 sideH5676 of 17JokmeamH3361; 13Ben-geberH1127 in 18Ramoth-gileadH7433 (19the villagesH2333 of JairH2971, the sonH1121 of ManassehH4519, whichH834 are in GileadH1568 were his: 20the regionH2256 of ArgobH709, whichH834 is in BashanH1316, sixtyH8346 greatH1419 citiesH5892 with wallsH2346 and bronzeH5178 barsH1280 were his); 14AhinadabH292 the sonH1121 of IddoH5714 in 21MahanaimH4266; 1522AhimaazH290 in NaphtaliH5321 (he alsoH1571 marriedH3947H802 BasemathH1315 the daughterH1323 of SolomonH8010); 16BaanaH1195 the sonH1121 of 23HushaiH2365 in AsherH836 and 24BealothH1175; 17JehoshaphatH3092 the sonH1121 of ParuahH6515 in IssacharH3485; 1825ShimeiH8096 the sonH1121 of ElaH414 in BenjaminH1144; 19GeberH1398 the sonH1121 of UriH221 in the landH776 of GileadH1568, 26the countryH776 of SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567 and of OgH5747 kingH4428 of BashanH1316; and he was the onlyH259 deputyH5333 whoH834 was in the landH776.
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 4:8 Josh 24:33 ↩
- 7. 1 Kings 4:9 Judg 1:35 ↩
- 8. 1 Kings 4:9 Josh 21:16 ↩
- 9. 1 Kings 4:10 Josh 15:35 ↩
- 10. 1 Kings 4:10 Josh 12:17 ↩
- 11. 1 Kings 4:11 Or Naphoth-dor ↩
- 12. 1 Kings 4:11 Josh 11:1, 2 ↩
- 13. 1 Kings 4:12 Judg 5:19 ↩
- 14. 1 Kings 4:12 Josh 17:11 ↩
- 15. 1 Kings 4:12 Josh 3:16 ↩
- 16. 1 Kings 4:12 1 Kin 19:16 ↩
- 17. 1 Kings 4:12 1 Chr 6:68 ↩
- 18. 1 Kings 4:13 1 Kin 22:3-15 ↩
- 19. 1 Kings 4:13 Num 32:41 ↩
- 20. 1 Kings 4:13 Deut 3:4 ↩
- 21. 1 Kings 4:14 Josh 13:26 ↩
- 22. 1 Kings 4:15 2 Sam 15:27 ↩
- 23. 1 Kings 4:16 2 Sam 15:32 ↩
- 24. 1 Kings 4:16 Or in Aloth ↩
- 25. 1 Kings 4:18 1 Kin 1:8 ↩
- 26. 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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