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I Kings
Chapter 4
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So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2
And these were the princes which he had:
Azariah
the son of Zadok the priest, 3
Elihoreph
and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;
Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was
over the army/host.
And
Zadok and Abiathar were the priests.
5
And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers;
and
Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer,
and
the king's friend.
6
And Ahishar was over the household
and
Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
7
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel,
who
provided victuals for the king and his household.
Each
man his month in a year made provision.
8
And these are their names:
The
son of Hur, in mount Ephraim . . . 9
The
son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim,
and
Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan. 10
The
son of Hesed, in Aruboth;
to
him pertained Sochoh,
and
all the land of Hepher: 11
The
son of Abinadab,
in
all the region of Dor;
who
had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 12
Baana
the son of Ahilud;
to
him pertained Taanach and Megiddo,
and
all Bethshean,
which
is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel,
from
Bethshean to Abelmeholah,
even
unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: 13
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 brazen bars: 14
Ahinadab
the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: 15
Ahimaaz
was in Naphtali;
he
also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 16
Baanah
the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: 17
Jehoshaphat
the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 18
Shimei
the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 19
Geber
the son of Uri
was
in the country of Gilead,
in
the country of Sihon king of the Amorites,
and
of Og king of Bashan;
and
he was the only officer who was in the land.
20
Judah and Israel were many,
as
the sand which is by the sea in multitude,
eating
and drinking,
and
making merry.
21
And Solomon reigned over all 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.
22
And Solomon's provision for one day
was
thirty measures of fine flour,
and
threescore measures of meal, 23
ten
fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures,
and
an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks,
and
fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.
24
For he had dominion
over
all the region on this side the {Jordan} river,
from
Tiphsah even to Azzah,
over
all the kings on this side the river.
And
he had peace on all sides round about him.
25
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely,
every
man under his vine and under his fig tree,
from
Dan even to Beersheba,
all
the days of Solomon.
26
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls
of
horses for his chariots,
and
twelve thousand horsemen.
27
And those officers provided victual for king Solomon,
and
for all that came unto king Solomon's table,
every
man in his month.
They
lacked nothing.
28
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries
brought
they unto the place where the officers were,
every
man according to his charge.
29
And 'Elohiym/Godhead
gave
Solomon wisdom {chokmah}
and
insight/'understanding of doctrine' {tabuwn}
{which}
abundance . . . He caused to multiply,
and
'wide expanse' of heart/'right lobe' . . .
even
as the sand that is on the sea shore.
4:30-31~~And
Solomon's wisdom
excelled
the wisdom of all the children of the east country,
and
all the wisdom of Egypt . . . 31~~
for
he was wiser than all men . . .
than
Ethan the Ezrahite
{writer
of Psalm 89 - a Levite and great bible teachers
in the reign of Rehoboam },
and
Heman
{writer
of Psalm 88 also a Levite and great bible teachers
in the reign of Rehoboam },
and
Chalcol,
and
Darda,
the
sons of Mahol . . .
and
his fame was in all nations round about.
32
And he spoke three thousand proverbs
and
his songs were a thousand and five.
33
And he spoke of trees,
from
the cedar tree that is in Lebanon
even
unto the hyssop that springs out of the wall.
He
spoke also of beasts, and of fowl,
and
of creeping things, and of fishes.
34
And there came of all people
to
hear the wisdom of Solomon,
from
all kings of the earth,
which
had heard of his wisdom.
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