The First Book of The Kings

1Ki 4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

1Ki 4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Az-a-ri´-ah the son of Za´-dok the priest,

1Ki 4:3 El-i-ho´-reph and A-hi´-ah, the sons of Shi´-sha, scribes; Je-hosh´a-phat the son of A-hi´-lud, the recorder.

1Ki 4:4 And Be-na´-iah the son of Je-hoi´a-da was over the host: and Za´-dok and A-bi´-a-thar were the priests:

1Ki 4:5 And Az-a-ri´-ah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Za´-bud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:

1Ki 4:6 And A-hi´-shar was over the household: and Ad-o-ni´-ram the son of Ab´-da was over the tribute.

1Ki 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.

1Ki 4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount E´-phra-im:

1Ki 4:9 The son of De´-kar, in Ma´-kaz, and in Sha-al´-bim, and Beth–she´mesh, and E´-lon–beth–ha´-nan:

1Ki 4:10 The son of He´-sed, in Ar´-uboth; to him pertained So´-choh, and all the land of He´-pher:

1Ki 4:11 The son of A-bin´-a-dab, in all the region of Dor; which had Ta´-phath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

1Ki 4:12 Ba´-a-na the son of A-hi´-lud; to him pertained Ta´-a-nach and Megid´-do, and all Beth–she´-an, which is by Zar´-ta-nah beneath Jez´-re-el, from Beth–she´-an to A´-bel–me-ho´lah, even unto the place that is beyond Jok´-ne-am:

1Ki 4:13 The son of Ge´-ber, in Ra´-moth– gil´-e-ad; to him pertained the towns of Ja´-ir the son of Ma-nas´-seh, which are in Gil´-e-ad; to him also pertained the region of Ar´-gob, which is in Ba´shan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

1Ki 4:14 A-hin´-a-dab the son of Id´-do had Ma-ha-na´-im:

1Ki 4:15 A-him´-a-az was in Naph´-ta-li; he also took Bas´-math the daughter of Solomon to wife:

1Ki 4:16 Ba´-a-nah the son of Hu´-shai was in Asher and in A´-loth:

1Ki 4:17 Je-hosh´-a-phat the son of Pa-ru´-ah, in Is´-sa-char:

1Ki 4:18 Shim´-e-i the son of E´-lah, in Benjamin:

1Ki 4:19 Ge´-ber the son of U´-ri was in the country of Gil´-e-ad, in the country of Si´-hon king of the Am´-or-ites, and of Og king of Ba´-shan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

1Ki 4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

1Ki 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Phi-lis´-tines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

1Ki 4:22 And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

1Ki 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.

1Ki 4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiph´-sah even to Az´-zah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

1Ki 4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Be´-er–she´-ba, all the days of Solomon.

1Ki 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

1Ki 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.

1Ki 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.

1Ki 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.

1Ki 4:30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1Ki 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than E´-than the Ez´-ra-hite, and He´man, and Chal´-col, and Dar´-da, the sons of Ma´-hol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

1Ki 4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

1Ki 4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Leb´-a-non 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.

1Ki 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.