New King James Version
1 Kings 4:13
13Ben-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;
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);
- English Standard Version (ESV)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);
- 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 the regions of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife; 12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shean, which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as the other side of Jokneam; 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; 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as 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
People and places in 1 Kings 4:13
Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:13
- 1 Kings 22:3And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”
- Deuteronomy 4:43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
- Joshua 20:8And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 21:38and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land,
- 2 Kings 9:1And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Get yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
- Numbers 32:41Also Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth Jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and called Bashan after his own name, Havoth Jair, to this day.)
- Deuteronomy 3:4And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.
- Psalms 68:15A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the 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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- 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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