Revised Version 1895

1 Kings 4

1Andkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010waskingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overallכָּל־kol-H3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

2Andtheseוְאֵ֥לֶּהve.'E.lehH428were theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834he had;Azariahעֲזַרְיָ֥הוּ'a.zar.Ya.huH5838thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofZadokצָד֖וֹקtza.DokH6659, thepriestהַכֹּהֵֽן׃ סha.ko.HenH3548;

3Elihorephאֱלִיחֹ֧רֶף'e.li.Cho.refH456andAhijahוַאֲחִיָּ֛הva.'a.chi.YahH281, thesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofShishaשִׁישָׁ֖אshi.Sha'H7894,scribesסֹפְרִ֑יםso.fe.RimH5608;Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טye.ho.sha.FatH3092thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAhiludאֲחִיל֖וּד'a.chi.LudH286, therecorderהַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ha.maz.KirH2142;

4andBenaiahוּבְנָיָ֥הוּu.ve.na.Ya.huH1141thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֖עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077was over thehostהַצָּבָ֑אha.tza.Va'H6635; andZadokוְצָד֥וֹקve.tza.DokH6659andAbiatharוְאֶבְיָתָ֖רve.'ev.ya.TarH54werepriestsכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ סko.ha.NimH3548;

5andAzariahוַעֲזַרְיָ֥הוּva.'a.zar.Ya.huH5838thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofNathanנָתָ֖ןna.TanH5416was over theofficersהַנִּצָּבִ֑יםha.ni.tza.VimH5324; andZabudוְזָב֧וּדve.za.VudH2071thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNathanנָתָ֛ןna.TanH5416waspriestכֹּהֵ֖ןko.HenH3548, and theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428friendרֵעֶ֥הre.'EhH7463;

6andAhisharוַאֲחִישָׁ֖רva.'a.chi.SharH301was over thehouseholdהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004; andAdoniramוַאֲדֹנִירָ֥םva.'a.do.ni.RamH141thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAbdaעַבְדָּ֖א'av.Da'H5653was over the levy.

7AndSolomonוְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞הve.lish.lo.MohH8010hadtwelveעָשָׂ֤ר'a.SarH6240officersנִצָּבִים֙ni.tza.VimH5324overallH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whichH1004providedH3557victuals for thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428and hishouseholdבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004:eachהָאֶחָ֖דha.e.chadH259manH3605had to make provision for amonthחֹ֧דֶשׁCho.deshH2320in theyearבַּשָּׁנָ֛הba.sha.NahH8141:

8Andtheseוְאֵ֣לֶּהve.'E.lehH428are theirnamesשְׁמוֹתָ֔םshe.mo.TamH8034:Ben-hurH1133, in thehillבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022countryH2022ofEphraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃ ס'ef.Ra.yimH669:

9Ben-dekerH1128, inMakazבְּמָקַ֥ץbe.ma.KatzH4739, and inShaalbimוּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖יםu.ve.sha.'al.VimH8169, andBeth-shemeshH1053, and Elon-beth-hanan:

10Ben-hesedH1136, inArubbothבָּֽאֲרֻבּ֑וֹתba.'a.ru.BotH700; to him pertainedSocohשֹׂכֹ֖הso.KhohH7755, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofHepherחֵֽפֶר׃ סChe.ferH2660:

11Ben-abinadabH1125, inallכָּל־kol-H3605the height ofDorדֹּ֑ארDorH1756; he hadTaphathטָפַת֙ta.FatH2955thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010towifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סle.'i.ShahH802:

12Baanaבַּֽעֲנָא֙ba.'a.Na'H1195thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAhiludאֲחִיל֔וּד'a.chi.LudH286, inTaanachתַּעְנַ֖ךְta'.NakhH8590andMegiddoוּמְגִדּ֑וֹu.me.gi.DoH4023, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605Beth-sheanH1052whichאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834isbesideאֵ֨צֶל'E.tzelH681Zarethanצָרְתַ֜נָהtza.re.Ta.nahH6891,beneathמִתַּ֣חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478Jezreelלְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלle.yiz.re.'ElH3157, fromBeth-sheanH1052toAbel-meholahH65, asfarH5704asbeyondמֵעֵ֥בֶרme.'E.verH5676Jokmeamלְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃ סle.ya.ke.mo.'AmH3361:

13Ben-geberH1127, inRamoth-gileadH7433; to him pertained thetownsH5892ofJairיָאִ֨ירya.'IrH2971thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֜הme.na.ShehH4519,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834are inGileadH1568;evenH4519to him pertained the region of Argob,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834is inBashanבַּבָּשָׁ֔ןba.ba.ShanH1316, threescoregreatגְּדֹל֔וֹתge.do.LotH1419citiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892withwallsחוֹמָ֖הcho.MahH2346and brasenbarsוּבְרִ֥יחַu.ve.Ri.achH1280:

14Ahinadabאֲחִֽינָדָ֥ב'a.chi.na.DavH292thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofIddoעִדֹּ֖א'i.Do'H5714, inMahanaimמַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃ma.cha.Na.ye.mahH4266:

15Ahimaazאֲחִימַ֖עַץ'a.chi.Ma.'atzH290, inNaphtaliבְּנַפְתָּלִ֑יbe.naf.ta.LiH5321; he alsotookלָקַ֛חla.KachH3947Basemathבָּשְׂמַ֥תba.se.MatH1315thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010towifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802:

16Baanaבַּֽעֲנָא֙ba.'a.Na'H1195thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHushaiחוּשָׁ֔יchu.ShaiH2365, inAsherבְּאָשֵׁ֖רbe.'a.SherH836andBealothוּבְעָלֽוֹת׃ סu.ve.'a.LotH1175:

17Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טye.ho.sha.FatH3092thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofParuahפָּר֖וּחַpa.Ru.achH6515, inIssacharבְּיִשָׂשכָֽר׃ סbe.yi.so.sh.KharH3485:

18Shimeiשִׁמְעִ֥יshim.'IH8096thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofElaאֵלָ֖א'e.La'H414, inBenjaminבְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ סbe.vin.ya.MinH1144:

19Geberגֶּ֥בֶרGe.verH1398thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofUriאֻרִ֖י'u.RiH221, in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofGileadגִּלְעָ֑דgil.'AdH1568, thecountryאֶ֜רֶץ'E.retzH776ofSihonסִיח֣וֹן׀si.ChonH5511kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of theAmoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֗יha.'e.mo.RiH567and ofOgוְעֹג֙ve.'OgH5747kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBashanהַבָּשָׁ֔ןha.ba.ShanH1316; and he was theonlyאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259officerwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834was in thelandבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

20Judahיְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahH3063andIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478weremanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227, as thesandכַּח֥וֹלka.CholH2344whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834is by theseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220inmultitudeלָרֹ֑בla.RoH7230,eatingאֹכְלִ֥ים'o.khe.LimH398anddrinkingוְשֹׁתִ֖יםve.sho.TimH8354and making merry.

21And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;

23ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.

24For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tipsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

27And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they let nothing be lacking.

28Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.

32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

33And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

34And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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