1 Kings 4 - World English Bible with Hebrew
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1 King Solomon was king over all Israel. | ![]() | 1 וַֽיְהִי֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
2 These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; | ![]() | 2 וְאֵ֥לֶּה הַשָּׂרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁר־לֹ֑ו עֲזַרְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־צָדֹ֖וק הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ |
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; | ![]() | 3 אֱלִיחֹ֧רֶף וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י שִׁישָׁ֖א סֹפְרִ֑ים יְהֹושָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־אֲחִיל֖וּד הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ |
4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; | ![]() | 4 וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ בֶן־יְהֹויָדָ֖ע עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א וְצָדֹ֥וק וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִֽים׃ |
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; | ![]() | 5 וַעֲזַרְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־נָתָ֖ן עַל־הַנִּצָּבִ֑ים וְזָב֧וּד בֶּן־נָתָ֛ן כֹּהֵ֖ן רֵעֶ֥ה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ |
6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor. | ![]() | 6 וַאֲחִישָׁ֖ר עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וַאֲדֹנִירָ֥ם בֶּן־עַבְדָּ֖א עַל־הַמַּֽס׃ |
7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year. | ![]() | 7 וְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נִצָּבִים֙ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְאֶת־בֵּיתֹ֑ו חֹ֧דֶשׁ בַּשָּׁנָ֛ה יִהְיֶ֥ה עַל־ אֶחָד הָאֶחָ֖ד לְכַלְכֵּֽל׃ |
8 These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim; | ![]() | 8 וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמֹותָ֔ם בֶּן־ח֖וּר בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ |
9 Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan; | ![]() | 9 בֶּן־דֶּ֛קֶר בְּמָקַ֥ץ וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְאֵילֹ֖ון בֵּ֥ית חָנָֽן׃ |
10 Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him [pertained] Socoh, and all the land of Hepher); | ![]() | 10 בֶּן־חֶ֖סֶד בָּֽאֲרֻבֹּ֑ות לֹ֥ו שֹׂכֹ֖ה וְכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ חֵֽפֶר׃ |
11 Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife); | ![]() | 11 בֶּן־אֲבִֽינָדָ֖ב כָּל־נָ֣פַת דֹּ֑אר טָפַת֙ בַּת־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה הָ֥יְתָה לֹּ֖ו לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ |
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; | ![]() | 12 בַּֽעֲנָא֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיל֔וּד תַּעְנַ֖ךְ וּמְגִדֹּ֑ו וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית שְׁאָ֡ן אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵ֨צֶל צָרְתַ֜נָה מִתַּ֣חַת לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִבֵּ֤ית שְׁאָן֙ עַ֚ד אָבֵ֣ל מְחֹולָ֔ה עַ֖ד מֵעֵ֥בֶר לְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃ |
13 Ben Geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars); | ![]() | 13 בֶּן־גֶּ֖בֶר בְּרָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑ד לֹ֡ו חַוֹּת֩ יָאִ֨יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּגִּלְעָ֗ד לֹ֚ו3 חֶ֤בֶל אַרְגֹּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן שִׁשִּׁים֙ עָרִ֣ים גְּדֹלֹ֔ות חֹומָ֖ה וּבְרִ֥יחַ נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ |
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; | ![]() | 14 אֲחִֽינָדָ֥ב בֶּן־עִדֹּ֖א מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃ |
15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife); | ![]() | 15 אֲחִימַ֖עַץ בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑י גַּם־ה֗וּא לָקַ֛ח אֶת־בָּשְׂמַ֥ת בַּת־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ |
16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; | ![]() | 16 בַּֽעֲנָא֙ בֶּן־חוּשָׁ֔י בְּאָשֵׁ֖ר וּבְעָלֹֽות׃ |
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; | ![]() | 17 יְהֹושָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־פָּר֖וּחַ בְּיִשָׂשכָֽר׃ |
18 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; | ![]() | 18 שִׁמְעִ֥י בֶן־אֵלָ֖א בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ |
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 [he was] the only officer who was in the land. | ![]() | 19 גֶּ֥בֶר בֶּן־אֻרִ֖י בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֶ֜רֶץ סִיחֹ֣ון׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֗י וְעֹג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֔ן וּנְצִ֥יב אֶחָ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ |
20 Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. | ![]() | 20 יְהוּדָ֤ה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ רַבִּ֔ים כַּחֹ֥ול אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹ֑ב אֹכְלִ֥ים וְשֹׁתִ֖ים וּשְׂמֵחִֽים׃ |
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life. | ![]() | |
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal, | ![]() | |
ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl. | ![]() | |
For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him. | ![]() | |
Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. | ![]() | |
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. | ![]() | |
Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking. | ![]() | |
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge. | ![]() | |
God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. | ![]() | |
Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. | ![]() | |
For 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. | ![]() | |
He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five. | ![]() | |
He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish. | ![]() | |
There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. | ![]() | |
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