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1 Kings 4

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

4:1

And king Solomon was king over all Israel.

So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

4:2

And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

4:3

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons , were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

4:4

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

4:5

and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and 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 Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy.

Ahishar was in charge of the palace; son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

4:7

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision 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 are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

4:9

the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;

4:10

the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher;

Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

4:11

the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife;

Ben-abinadab (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);

4:12

Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

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 Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars;

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

Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

4:15

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife;

Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

4:16

Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

4:17

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

4:18

Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

4:19

Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and one officer that was [over all the officers] in the land.

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.

4:20

Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.