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1 Kings 4:1-34

So king
<04428>
Solomon
<08010>
was king
<04428>
over all Israel
<03478>_.
And these [were] the princes
<08269>
which he had; Azariah
<05838>
the son
<01121>
of Zadok
<06659>
the priest
<03548>_,
{priest: or, chief officer}
Elihoreph
<0456>
and Ahiah
<0281>_,
the sons
<01121>
of Shisha
<07894>_,
scribes
<05608> (8802)_;
Jehoshaphat
<03092>
the son
<01121>
of Ahilud
<0286>_,
the recorder
<02142> (8688)_.
{scribes: or, secretaries} {recorder: or, remembrancer}
And Benaiah
<01141>
the son
<01121>
of Jehoiada
<03077>
[was] over the host
<06635>_:
and Zadok
<06659>
and Abiathar
<054>
[were] the priests
<03548>_:
And Azariah
<05838>
the son
<01121>
of Nathan
<05416>
[was] over the officers
<05324> (8737)_:
and Zabud
<02071>
the son
<01121>
of Nathan
<05416>
[was] principal officer
<03548>_,
[and] the king's
<04428>
friend
<07463>_:
And Ahishar
<0301>
[was] over the household
<01004>_:
and Adoniram
<0141>
the son
<01121>
of Abda
<05653>
[was] over the tribute
<04522>_.
{tribute: or, levy}
And Solomon
<08010>
had twelve
<08147> <06240>
officers
<05324> (8737)
over all Israel
<03478>_,
which provided victuals
<03557> (8773)
for the king
<04428>
and his household
<01004>_:
each man
<0259>
his month
<02320>
in a year
<08141>
made provision
<03557> (8771)_.
And these [are] their names
<08034>_:
The son of Hur
<01133>_,
in mount
<02022>
Ephraim
<0669>_:
{The son...: or, Benhur}
The son of Dekar
<01128> (8677) <01857>_,
in Makaz
<04739>_,
and in Shaalbim
<08169>_,
and Bethshemesh
<01053>_,
and Elonbethhanan
<0358>_:
{The son...: or, Bendekar}
The son of Hesed
<01136> (8676) <02618>_,
in Aruboth
<0700>_;
to him [pertained] Sochoh
<07755>_,
and all the land
<0776>
of Hepher
<02660>_:
{The son...: or, Benhesed}
The son of Abinadab
<01125>_,
in all the region
<05299>
of Dor
<01756>_;
which had Taphath
<02955>
the daughter
<01323>
of Solomon
<08010>
to wife
<0802>_:
{The son...: or, Benabinadab}
Baana
<01195>
the son
<01121>
of Ahilud
<0286>_;
[to him pertained] Taanach
<08590>
and Megiddo
<04023>_,
and all Bethshean
<01052>_,
which [is] by
<0681>
Zartanah
<06891>
beneath Jezreel
<03157>_,
from Bethshean
<01052>
to Abelmeholah
<065>_,
[even] unto [the place that is] beyond
<05676>
Jokneam
<03361>_:
The son of Geber
<01127>_,
in Ramothgilead
<01568> <07433>_;
to him [pertained] the towns
<02333>
of Jair
<02971>
the son
<01121>
of Manasseh
<04519>_,
which [are] in Gilead
<01568>_;
to him [also pertained] the region
<02256>
of Argob
<0709>_,
which [is] in Bashan
<01316>_,
threescore
<08346>
great
<01419>
cities
<05892>
with walls
<02346>
and brasen
<05178>
bars
<01280>_:
{The son...: or, Bengeber}
Ahinadab
<0292>
the son
<01121>
of Iddo
<05714>
[had] Mahanaim
<04266>_:
{Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim}
Ahimaaz
<0290>
[was] in Naphtali
<05321>_;
he also took
<03947> (8804)
Basmath
<01315>
the daughter
<01323>
of Solomon
<08010>
to wife
<0802>_:
Baanah
<01195>
the son
<01121>
of Hushai
<02365>
[was] in Asher
<0836>
and in Aloth
<01175>_:
Jehoshaphat
<03092>
the son
<01121>
of Paruah
<06515>_,
in Issachar
<03485>_:
Shimei
<08096>
the son
<01121>
of Elah
<0414>_,
in Benjamin
<01144>_:
Geber
<01398>
the son
<01121>
of Uri
<0221>
[was] in the country
<0776>
of Gilead
<01568>_,
[in] the country
<0776>
of Sihon
<05511>
king
<04428>
of the Amorites
<0567>_,
and of Og
<05747>
king
<04428>
of Bashan
<01316>_;
and [he was] the only
<0259>
officer
<05333>
which [was] in the land
<0776>_.
Judah
<03063>
and Israel
<03478>
[were] many
<07227>_,
as the sand
<02344>
which [is] by the sea
<03220>
in multitude
<07230>_,
eating
<0398> (8802)
and drinking
<08354> (8802)_,
and making merry
<08056>_.
And Solomon
<08010>
reigned
<04910> (8802)
over all kingdoms
<04467>
from the river
<05104>
unto the land
<0776>
of the Philistines
<06430>_,
and unto the border
<01366>
of Egypt
<04714>_:
they brought
<05066> (8688)
presents
<04503>_,
and served
<05647> (8802)
Solomon
<08010>
all the days
<03117>
of his life
<02416>_.
And Solomon's
<08010>
provision
<03899>
for one
<0259>
day
<03117>
was thirty
<07970>
measures
<03734>
of fine flour
<05560>_,
and threescore
<08346>
measures
<03734>
of meal
<07058>_,
{provision: Heb. bread} {measures: Heb. cors}
Ten
<06235>
fat
<01277>
oxen
<01241>_,
and twenty
<06242>
oxen
<01241>
out of the pastures
<07471>_,
and an hundred
<03967>
sheep
<06629>_,
beside harts
<0354>_,
and roebucks
<06643>_,
and fallowdeer
<03180>_,
and fatted
<075> (8803)
fowl
<01257>_.
For he had dominion
<07287> (8802)
over all [the region] on this side
<05676>
the river
<05104>_,
from Tiphsah
<08607>
even to Azzah
<05804>_,
over all the kings
<04428>
on this side
<05676>
the river
<05104>_:
and he had peace
<07965>
on all sides
<05650> (8676) <05676>
round about
<05439>
him.
And Judah
<03063>
and Israel
<03478>
dwelt
<03427> (8799)
safely
<0983>_,
every man
<0376>
under his vine
<01612>
and under his fig tree
<08384>_,
from Dan
<01835>
even to Beersheba
<0884>_,
all the days
<03117>
of Solomon
<08010>_.
{safely: Heb. confidently}
And Solomon
<08010>
had forty
<0705>
thousand
<0505>
stalls
<0723>
of horses
<05483>
for his chariots
<04817>_,
and twelve
<08147> <06240>
thousand
<0505>
horsemen
<06571>_.
And those officers
<05324> (8737)
provided victual
<03557> (8773)
for king
<04428>
Solomon
<08010>_,
and for all that came
<07131>
unto king
<04428>
Solomon's
<08010>
table
<07979>_,
every man
<0376>
in his month
<02320>_:
they lacked
<05737> (8762)
nothing
<01697>_.
Barley
<08184>
also and straw
<08401>
for the horses
<05483>
and dromedaries
<07409>
brought
<0935> (8686)
they unto the place
<04725>
where [the officers] were, every man
<0376>
according to his charge
<04941>_.
{dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts}
And God
<0430>
gave
<05414> (8799)
Solomon
<08010>
wisdom
<02451>
and understanding
<08394>
exceeding
<03966>
much
<07235> (8687)_,
and largeness
<07341>
of heart
<03820>_,
even as the sand
<02344>
that [is] on the sea
<03220>
shore
<08193>_.
And Solomon's
<08010>
wisdom
<02451>
excelled
<07235> (8799)
the wisdom
<02451>
of all the children
<01121>
of the east country
<06924>_,
and all the wisdom
<02451>
of Egypt
<04714>_.
For he was wiser
<02449> (8799)
than all men
<0120>_;
than Ethan
<0387>
the Ezrahite
<0250>_,
and Heman
<01968>_,
and Chalcol
<03633>_,
and Darda
<01862>_,
the sons
<01121>
of Mahol
<04235>_:
and his fame
<08034>
was in all nations
<01471>
round about
<05439>_.
And he spake
<01696> (8762)
three
<07969>
thousand
<0505>
proverbs
<04912>_:
and his songs
<07892>
were a thousand
<0505>
and five
<02568>_.
And he spake
<01696> (8762)
of trees
<06086>_,
from the cedar tree
<0730>
that [is] in Lebanon
<03844>
even unto the hyssop
<0231>
that springeth out
<03318> (8802)
of the wall
<07023>_:
he spake
<01696> (8762)
also of beasts
<0929>_,
and of fowl
<05775>_,
and of creeping things
<07431>_,
and of fishes
<01709>_.
And there came
<0935> (8799)
of all people
<05971>
to hear
<08085> (8800)
the wisdom
<02451>
of Solomon
<08010>_,
from all kings
<04428>
of the earth
<0776>_,
which had heard
<08085> (8804)
of his wisdom
<02451>_.


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