Bible

Bible Reference

1 Kings 4
return to the main player
Return to the Main Player

Solomon's Officials

1King Solomon was king over all Israel, 2and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was bthe priest; 3Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; cJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 4dBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; eZadok and Abiathar were priests; 5Azariah the son of Nathan was over fthe officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and gking's friend; 6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and hAdoniram the son of Abda was in charge of ithe forced labor.

7Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year. 8These were their names: Ben-hur, in jthe hill country of Ephraim; 9Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan; 10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher); 11Ben-abinadab, in all kNaphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); 12Baana the son of Ahilud, in lTaanach, Megiddo, and all lBeth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam; 13Ben-geber, min Ramoth-gilead (he had nthe villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had othe region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); 16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 18pShimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; 19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, qthe country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one governor who was over the land.

Solomon's Wealth and Wisdom

20Judah and Israel were as many ras the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. 211 sSolomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the tEuphrates2 to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. uThey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors3 of fine flour and sixty cors of meal, 23ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates4 from Tiphsah to vGaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. wAnd he had peace on all sides around him. 25And Judah and Israel xlived in safety, yfrom Dan even to Beersheba, zevery man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon. 26aSolomon also had 40,0005 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 27And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon's table, each one in his month. They let nothing be lacking. 28Barley also and straw for the horses and bswift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.

29cAnd God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind dlike the sand on the seashore, 30so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all ethe people of the east fand all the wisdom of Egypt. 31For he was cwiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32gHe also spoke 3,000 proverbs, hand his songs were 1,005. 33He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. 34And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from iall the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Footnotes

  • 1 4:21 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
  • 2 4:21 Hebrew the River
  • 3 4:22 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  • 4 4:24 Hebrew the River; twice in this verse
  • 5 4:26 Hebrew; one Hebrew manuscript (see 2 Chronicles 9:25 and Septuagint of 1 Kings 10:26) 4,000
Displaying 1-1 of 1 sermons for this passage.

The Partial Kingdom: God’s King

Judges 1:1 – 2 Chronicles 36:23 Sermon Includes Transcript 44:21 ID: 2389

Displaying 1-1 of 1 series for this passage.

The Kingdom of God, Volume 1

Genesis 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Series ID: 26801