Read 1 Kings 4

World English Bible · 34 verses

1. ¹ King Solomon was king over all Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. 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;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. 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);This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. ²⁶ Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
28. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
29. ²⁹ God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
30. ³⁰ Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
31. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
32. ³² He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
33. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
34. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org