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World English Bible

1 Kings 4 (WEBP)

[1] King Solomon was king over all Israel.
[2] These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
[3] Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
[4] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
[5] Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
[6] Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
[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.
[8] These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
[9] Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
[10] Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
[11] Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);
[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;
[13] Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him);
[14] Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
[15] Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
[16] Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
[17] Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
[18] Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
[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.
[20] Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
[21] 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.
[22] Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
[23] ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
[24] For he had dominion over all on this side of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on all sides around him.
[25] 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.
[26] Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
[27] 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.
[28] They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.
[29] God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.
[30] Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
[31] For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around.
[32] He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.
[33] He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
[34] People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

1 Kings 4:22 1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Kings 4 (KJVS)

[1] So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
[2] And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
[3] Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
[4] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
[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:
[6] and Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
[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.
[8] And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
[9] the son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
[10] the son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
[11] the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
[12] Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
[13] the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; 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 brasen bars:
[14] Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
[15] Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
[16] Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
[17] Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
[18] Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
[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.
[20] Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
[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.
[22] And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
[23] ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fatted fowl.
[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.
[25] And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
[26] And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
[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.
[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.
[29] And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
[30] And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
[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.
[32] And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
[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.
[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.

1 Kings 4:2 Or, the chief officer
1 Kings 4:3a Or, secretaries
1 Kings 4:3b Or, rememberancer
1 Kings 4:6 Or, levy
1 Kings 4:8 Or, Benhur
1 Kings 4:9 Or, BenDekar
1 Kings 4:11 Or, BenAbinadab
1 Kings 4:13 Or, BenGeber
1 Kings 4:14 Or, to Mahanaim
1 Kings 4:22a Heb. bread
1 Kings 4:22b Heb. cors
1 Kings 4:25 Heb. confidently
1 Kings 4:28 Or, mules, or swift beasts

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Kings 4 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἦν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Σαλωμων βασιλεύων () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ. ()
[2] Καὶ () οὗτοι () οἱ () ἄρχοντες, () οἳ () ἦσαν () αὐτοῦ· () Αζαριου υἱὸς () Σαδωκ ()
[3] καὶ () Ελιαρεφ καὶ () Αχια υἱὸς () Σαβα γραμματεῖς () καὶ () Ιωσαφατ () υἱὸς () Αχιλιδ ὑπομιμνῄσκων ()
[4] καὶ () Σαδουχ καὶ () Αβιαθαρ () ἱερεῖς ()
[5] καὶ () Ορνια υἱὸς () Ναθαν () ἐπὶ () τῶν () καθεσταμένων () καὶ () Ζαβουθ υἱὸς () Ναθαν () ἑταῖρος () τοῦ () βασιλέως ()
[6] καὶ () Αχιηλ οἰκονόμος () καὶ () Ελιαβ υἱὸς () Σαφ ἐπὶ () τῆς () πατριᾶς () καὶ () Αδωνιραμ υἱὸς () Εφρα ἐπὶ () τῶν () φόρων. ()
[7] Καὶ () τῷ () Σαλωμων δώδεκα () καθεσταμένοι () ἐπὶ () πάντα () Ισραηλ () χορηγεῖν () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () καὶ () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ· () μῆνα () ἐν () τῷ () ἐνιαυτῷ () ἐγίνετο () ἐπὶ () τὸν () ἕνα () χορηγεῖν. ()
[8] Καὶ () ταῦτα () τὰ () ὀνόματα () αὐτῶν· () Βενωρ ἐν () ὄρει () Εφραιμ, () εἷς· ()
[9] υἱὸς () Ρηχαβ ἐν () Μαχεμας καὶ () Βηθαλαμιν καὶ () Βαιθσαμυς καὶ () Αιλων ἕως () Βαιθαναν, εἷς· ()
[10] υἱὸς () Εσωθ Βηρβηθνεμα, Λουσαμηνχα καὶ () Ρησφαρα·
[11] Χιναναδαβ καὶ () Αναφαθι, ἀνὴρ () Ταβληθ, θυγάτηρ () Σαλωμων ἦν () αὐτῷ () εἰς () γυναῖκα, () εἷς· ()
[12] Βακχα υἱὸς () Αχιλιδ Θααναχ καὶ () Μεκεδω καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () οἶκος () Σαν ὁ () παρὰ () Σεσαθαν ὑποκάτω () τοῦ () Εσραε καὶ () ἐκ () Βαισαφουδ Εβελμαωλα ἕως () Μαεβερ Λουκαμ, εἷς· ()
[13] υἱὸς () Γαβερ ἐν () Ρεμαθ Γαλααδ, τούτῳ () σχοίνισμα Ερεγαβα, ἣ () ἐν () τῇ () Βασαν, ἑξήκοντα () πόλεις () μεγάλαι () τειχήρεις καὶ () μοχλοὶ χαλκοῖ, () εἷς· ()
[14] Αχιναδαβ υἱὸς () Αχελ Μααναιν, εἷς· ()
[15] Αχιμαας ἐν () Νεφθαλι, () καὶ () οὗτος () ἔλαβεν () τὴν () Βασεμμαθ θυγατέρα () Σαλωμων εἰς () γυναῖκα, () εἷς· ()
[16] Βαανα υἱὸς () Χουσι ἐν () τῇ () Μααλαθ, εἷς· ()
[17] Ιωσαφατ () υἱὸς () Φουασουδ ἐν () Ισσαχαρ.
[18] Σαμαα υἱὸς () Ηλα ἐν () τῷ () Βενιαμιν· ()
[19] Γαβερ υἱὸς () Αδαι ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () Γαδ, () γῇ () Σηων βασιλέως () τοῦ () Εσεβων καὶ () Ωγ βασιλέως () τοῦ () Βασαν· καὶ () νασιφ εἷς () ἐν () γῇ () Ιουδα· …
[22] Καὶ () ταῦτα () τὰ () δέοντα () τῷ () Σαλωμων ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () μιᾷ· () τριάκοντα () κόροι () σεμιδάλεως () καὶ () ἑξήκοντα () κόροι () ἀλεύρου () κεκοπανισμένου
[23] καὶ () δέκα () μόσχοι () ἐκλεκτοὶ () καὶ () εἴκοσι () βόες () νομάδες καὶ () ἑκατὸν () πρόβατα () ἐκτὸς () ἐλάφων καὶ () δορκάδων καὶ () ὀρνίθων () ἐκλεκτῶν, () σιτευτά. ()
[24] Ὅτι () ἦν () ἄρχων () πέραν () τοῦ () ποταμοῦ, () καὶ () ἦν () αὐτῷ () εἰρήνη () ἐκ () πάντων () τῶν () μερῶν () κυκλόθεν. () …
[27] Καὶ () ἐχορήγουν () οἱ () καθεσταμένοι () οὕτως () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () Σαλωμων καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () διαγγέλματα ἐπὶ () τὴν () τράπεζαν () τοῦ () βασιλέως, () ἕκαστος () μῆνα () αὐτοῦ, () οὐ () παραλλάσσουσιν λόγον· () καὶ () τὰς () κριθὰς () καὶ () τὸ () ἄχυρον () τοῖς () ἵπποις () καὶ () τοῖς () ἅρμασιν () ᾖρον () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον, () οὗ () ἂν () ᾖ () ὁ () βασιλεύς, () ἕκαστος () κατὰ () τὴν () σύνταξιν αὐτοῦ. () …
[29] Καὶ () ἔδωκεν () κύριος () φρόνησιν () τῷ () Σαλωμων καὶ () σοφίαν () πολλὴν () σφόδρα () καὶ () χύμα καρδίας () ὡς () ἡ () ἄμμος () ἡ () παρὰ () τὴν () θάλασσαν, ()
[30] καὶ () ἐπληθύνθη () Σαλωμων σφόδρα () ὑπὲρ () τὴν () φρόνησιν () πάντων () ἀρχαίων () ἀνθρώπων () καὶ () ὑπὲρ () πάντας () φρονίμους () Αἰγύπτου ()
[31] καὶ () ἐσοφίσατο () ὑπὲρ () πάντας () τοὺς () ἀνθρώπους () καὶ () ἐσοφίσατο () ὑπὲρ () Γαιθαν τὸν () Εζραίτην καὶ () τὸν () Αιμαν καὶ () τὸν () Χαλκαλ καὶ () Δαρδα υἱοὺς () Μαλ.
[32] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () Σαλωμων τρισχιλίας () παραβολάς, () καὶ () ἦσαν () ᾠδαὶ () αὐτοῦ () πεντακισχίλιαι. ()
[33] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () περὶ () τῶν () ξύλων () ἀπὸ () τῆς () κέδρου τῆς () ἐν () τῷ () Λιβάνῳ καὶ () ἕως () τῆς () ὑσσώπου () τῆς () ἐκπορευομένης () διὰ () τοῦ () τοίχου () καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () περὶ () τῶν () κτηνῶν () καὶ () περὶ () τῶν () πετεινῶν καὶ () περὶ () τῶν () ἑρπετῶν () καὶ () περὶ () τῶν () ἰχθύων. ()
[34] Καὶ () παρεγίνοντο () πάντες () οἱ () λαοὶ () ἀκοῦσαι () τῆς () σοφίας () Σαλωμων, καὶ () ἐλάμβανεν () δῶρα () παρὰ () πάντων () τῶν () βασιλέων () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅσοι () ἤκουον () τῆς () σοφίας () αὐτοῦ. () Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Σαλωμων τὴν () θυγατέρα () Φαραω () ἑαυτῷ () εἰς () γυναῖκα () καὶ () εἰσήγαγεν () αὐτὴν () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν () Δαυιδ () ἕως () συντελέσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου () καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () ἑαυτοῦ () καὶ () τὸ () τεῖχος () Ιερουσαλημ. () τότε () ἀνέβη () Φαραω () βασιλεὺς () Αἰγύπτου () καὶ () προκατελάβετο τὴν () Γαζερ καὶ () ἐνεπύρισεν αὐτὴν () καὶ () τὸν () Χανανίτην τὸν () κατοικοῦντα () ἐν () Μεργαβ, καὶ () ἔδωκεν () αὐτὰς () Φαραω () ἀποστολὰς () θυγατρὶ () αὐτοῦ () γυναικὶ () Σαλωμων, καὶ () Σαλωμων ᾠκοδόμησεν () τὴν () Γαζερ.

1 Kings 4:17 Originally verse 4:19.
1 Kings 4:18 Originally verse 4:17.
1 Kings 4:19 Originally verse 4:18.
1 Kings 4:22 Originally verse 5:2.
1 Kings 4:23 Originally verse 5:3.
1 Kings 4:24 Originally verse 5:4.
1 Kings 4:27 Originally verse 5:1.
1 Kings 4:29 Originally verse 5:9.
1 Kings 4:30 Originally verse 5:10.
1 Kings 4:31 Originally verse 5:11.
1 Kings 4:32 Originally verse 5:12.
1 Kings 4:33 Originally verse 5:13.
1 Kings 4:34 Originally verses 5:14 and 5:14a–b.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.