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1 Kings 4:7
7Solomon also had twelve district governors who were over all Israel. They were responsible for providing food for the king’s household. Each of them arranged provisions for one month of the year.
1 Kings 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
- New International Version (NIV)Solomon had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.
Context of 1 Kings 4:7
5Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan, a priest, was a trusted adviser to the king. 6Ahishar was manager of the palace property. Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of forced labor. Solomon also had twelve district governors who were over all Israel. They were responsible for providing food for the king’s household. Each of them arranged provisions for one month of the year. 8These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim. 9Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan.
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וְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נִצָּבִים֙ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְאֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ חֹ֧דֶשׁ בַּשָּׁנָ֛ה יִהְיֶ֥ה עַל־הָאֶחָ֖ד לְכַלְכֵּֽל׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
- had twelveעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- had twelveשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- officersנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
- over all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- which provided victualsכּוּלkûl · to sustainH3557
- for the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- and his householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- each manאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- his monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
- in a yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:7
Commentaries on 1 Kings 4:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Twelve officers - The business of these twelve officers was to provide daily, each for a month, those provisions which were consumed in the king's household; see 1 Kings 4:22, 1 Kings 4:23. And the task for such a daily provision was not an easy one.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The requirement of a portion of their produce from subjects, in addition to money payments, is a common practice of Oriental monarchs. It obtained in ancient, and it still obtains in modern, Persia.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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel--The royal revenues were raised according to the ancient, and still, in many parts, existing usage of the East, not in money payments, but in the produce of the soil. There would be always a considerable difficulty in the collection and transmission of these tithes (1Sa 8:15). Therefore, to facilitate the work, Solomon appointed twelve officers, who had each the charge of a tribe or particular district of…Read the comment
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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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