1 Kings 4
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1 Kings 4:1-19

1So kingH4428 SolomonH8010 was kingH4428 over all IsraelH3478. 2And these were the princesH8269 which he had; AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of ZadokH6659 the priestH3548,1 3ElihorephH456 and AhiahH281, the sonsH1121 of ShishaH7894, scribesH5608; JehoshaphatH3092 the sonH1121 of AhiludH286, the recorderH2142.23 4And BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077 was over the armyH6635: and ZadokH6659 and AbiatharH54 were the priestsH3548: 5And AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of NathanH5416 was over the officersH5324: and ZabudH2071 the sonH1121 of NathanH5416 was principal officerH3548, and the king’sH4428 friendH7463: 6And AhisharH301 was over the householdH1004: and AdoniramH141 the sonH1121 of AbdaH5653 was over the tributeH4522.4

7And SolomonH8010 had twelveH6240H8147 officersH5324 over all IsraelH3478, which provided victualsH3557 for the kingH4428 and his householdH1004: each manH259 his monthH2320 in a yearH8141 made provisionH3557. 8And these are their namesH8034: The son of HurH1133, in mountH2022 EphraimH669:5 9The son of DekarH1857H1128, in MakazH4739, and in ShaalbimH8169, and Beth–shemeshH1053, and Elon–beth–hananH358:6 10The son of HesedH2618H1136, in ArubothH700; to him pertained SochohH7755, and all the landH776 of HepherH2660:7 11The son of AbinadabH1125, in all the regionH5299 of DorH1756; which had TaphathH2955 the daughterH1323 of SolomonH8010 to wifeH802:8 12BaanaH1195 the sonH1121 of AhiludH286; to him pertained TaanachH8590 and MegiddoH4023, and all Beth–sheanH1052, which is byH681 ZartanahH6891 beneath JezreelH3157, from Beth–sheanH1052 to Abel–meholahH65, even unto the place that is beyondH5676 JokneamH3361: 13The son of GeberH1127, in Ramoth–gileadH7433H1568; to him pertained the townsH2333 of JairH2971 the sonH1121 of ManassehH4519, which are in GileadH1568; to him also pertained the regionH2256 of ArgobH709, which is in BashanH1316, threescoreH8346 greatH1419 citiesH5892 with wallsH2346 and brasenH5178 barsH1280:9 14AhinadabH292 the sonH1121 of IddoH5714 had MahanaimH4266:10 15AhimaazH290 was in NaphtaliH5321; he also tookH3947 BasmathH1315 the daughterH1323 of SolomonH8010 to wifeH802: 16BaanahH1195 the sonH1121 of HushaiH2365 was in AsherH836 and in AlothH1175: 17JehoshaphatH3092 the sonH1121 of ParuahH6515, in IssacharH3485: 18ShimeiH8096 the sonH1121 of ElahH414, in BenjaminH1144: 19GeberH1398 the sonH1121 of UriH221 was in the countryH776 of GileadH1568, in the countryH776 of SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567, and of OgH5747 kingH4428 of BashanH1316; and he was the onlyH259 officerH5333 which was in the landH776.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 4:2 priest: or, chief officer. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 4:3 scribes: or, secretaries. ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 4:3 recorder: or, remembrancer. ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 4:6 tribute: or, levy. ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 4:8 The son…: or, Ben–hur. ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 4:9 The son…: or, Ben–dekar. ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 4:10 The son…: or, Ben–hesed. ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 4:11 The son…: or, Ben–abinadab. ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 4:13 The son…: or, Ben–geber. ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 4:14 Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim. ↩

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