THE FIRST BOOK OF
THE KINGS,
1 Kings 4 ©
Solomon’s most important princes, and officers, v. 1, etc. The magnitude of his kingdom, 20, 24. His daily provision for his court, 22. The stables for his horses, 26. His great wisdom, 29.
SO king Solomon was king 1over all Israel.
And these were the 2princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok 3the priest,
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, 4scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the 5recorder.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and 6Abiathar were the priests:
And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the 7officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was 8principal officer, and the king's friend:
And Ahishar was 9over the household: and Adonirama the son of Abda was 10over the tribute.
¶And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which 11provided victuals for 12the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
And these are their names: The 13son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
The son of Dekar, in 14Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and 15Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
The son of Hesed, in 16Aruboth; to him pertained 17Sochoh, and all the land of 18Hepher:
The son of Abinadab, in all the 19region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained 20Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by 21Zartanah beneath 22Jezreel, from 23Beth-shean to 24Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond 25Jokneam:
The son of Geber, in 26Ramoth-gilead;27 to him pertained the 28towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the 29region of 30Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had 31Mahanaim:
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in 32Aloth:
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
Geber the son of Uri was in the country of 33Gilead, 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.
¶Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
34And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the 35river 36unto 37the land of the Philistines, and unto the 38border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
¶And Solomon’s 39provision for one day was thirty 40measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
For he had dominion over all the region on this 41side the river, from 42Tiphsah even to 43Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all 44sides round about him.
And Judah and Israel dweltb safely, every man 45under his vine and under his fig tree, 46from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
¶And Solomonc had forty thousand 47stalls of horses for his 48chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
And 49those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
Barley also and straw for the horses and 50dromedaries brought they unto the place where 51the officers were, every man according to his charge.
¶And God gave Solomon 52wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and 53largeness of heart, even 54as the sand that is on the 55sea shore.
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom 56of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
For he was wiser than all men; than 57Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
And he spake 58three thousand 59proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
And he spake 60of trees, from the 61cedar tree that is in 62Lebanon even unto the 63hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.