4:1 And king Solomon reigned over Israel.
4:2 And these [are] the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.
4:3 Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud,
recorder.
4:4 And Banaeas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc 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.
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.
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.
4:8 And these [were] their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of
Ephraim, one.
4:9 The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as
far as Bethana, one.
4:10 The son of Esdi in Araboth; his [was] Socho, and all the land of Opher.
4:11 All Nephthador [belonged to] the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of
Solomon was his wife, one.
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 Maeber Lucam, one.
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.
4:14 Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.
4:15 Achimaas [was] in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon
to wife, one.
4:16 Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,
4:17 Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar.
4:18 Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.
4:19 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.
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4:22 And these [were] the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty
measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,
4:23 and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep,
besides stags, and choice fatted does.
4:24 For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all
sides round about.
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4:26
4:27 And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and [they execute] every
one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit
nothing.
4:28 And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the
chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.
4:29 And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and
enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
4:30 And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and
beyond all the wise men of Egypt.
4:31 And he was wiser than all [other] men: and he was wiser than Gaethan
the Zarite, and [than] Aenan, and [than] Chalcad and Darala the son of Mal.
4:32 And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five
thousand.
4:33 And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop
which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and
of reptiles, and of fishes.
4:34 And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and
[ambassadors] from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his
wisdom. And Solomon took to himself the daughter of Pharao to wife, and
brought her into the city of David until he had finished the house of the
Lord, and his own house, and the wall of Jerusalem. Then went up Pharao the
king of Egypt, and took Gazer, and burnt it and the Chananite dwelling in
Mergab; and Pharao gave them as a dowry to his daughter the wife of Solomon:
and Solomon rebuilt Gazer. |
4:1 So king Solomon was king over all
Israel.
4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the
priest,
4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud, the recorder.
4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and
Abiathar were the priests:
4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son
of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was
over the tribute.
4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals
for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
4:9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and
Elonbethhanan:
4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land
of Hepher:
4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the
daughter of Solomon to wife:
4:12 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:
4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; 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:
4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon
to wife:
4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
4:18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
4:19 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 which was in the land.
4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
4:21 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.
4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour,
and threescore measures of meal,
4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred
sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the 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.
4:25 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.
4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen.
4:27 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.
4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto
the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and
largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the
east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and
Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round
about.
4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and
five.
4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree 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.
4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all
kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. |