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1 Kings 4

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

4:1
And king Solomon reigned over Israel.
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
4:2
And these [are] the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.
and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
4:3
Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder.
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha (note: Shisha is also called Seraiah, Sheva, and Shavsha; see 2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 20:25, and 1 Chronicles 18:16.), were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
4:4
And Banæas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
4:5
And Ornia the son of Nathan [was] over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan [was] the king's friend.
Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
4:6
And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the [chief] steward; and Eliab the son of Saph [was] over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute.
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram (note: Adoniram is a variant of Adoram and Hadoram; see 2 Samuel 20:24 and 2 Chronicles 10:18.) son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
4:7
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one's turn came to supply for a month in the year.
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
4:8
And these [were] their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.
and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
4:9
The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Bæthsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.
Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;
4:10
The son of Esdi in Araboth; his [was] Socho, and all the land of Opher.
Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
4:11
All Nephthador [belonged to] the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one.
Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (note: Or in all the heights of Dor; Naphath-dor is a variant of Naphoth-dor; see Joshua 11:2.) (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
4:12
Bana son of Achiluth [had] Ithaanach, and Mageddo, and [his was] the whole house of San which was by Sesathan below Esrae, and from Bethsan as far as Sabelmaula, as far as Maëber Lucam, one.
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
4:13
The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him [fell] the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one.
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
4:14
Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.
Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
4:15
Achimaas [was] in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
4:16
Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,
Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
4:17
Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
4:18
Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, [the land] of Seon king of Esebon, and of Og king of Basan, and one officer in the land of Juda.
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
4:19
Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar.
Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.