4:1 King
Solomon
was
king
over
all
Israel,
4:2 and
these
were
his
high
officials:
Azariah
the
son
of
Zadok
was
the
priest;
4:3 Elihoreph
and
Ahijah
the
sons
of
Shisha
were
secretaries;
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder;
4:4 Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was
in
command
of
the
army;
Zadok
and
Abiathar
were
priests;
4:5 Azariah
the
son
of
Nathan
was
over
the
officers;
Zabud
the
son
of
Nathan
was
priest
and
king's
friend;
4:6 Ahishar
was
in
charge
of
the
palace;
and
Adoniram
the
son
of
Abda
was
in
charge
of
the
forced
labor.
4:7 Solomon
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.
4:8 These
were
their
names:
Ben-hur,
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim;
4:9 Ben-deker,
in
Makaz,
Shaalbim,
Beth-shemesh,
and
Elonbeth-hanan;
4:10 Ben-hesed,
in
Arubboth
(to
him
belonged
Socoh
and
all
the
land
of
Hepher);
4:11 Ben-abinadab,
in
all
Naphath-dor
(he
had
Taphath
the
daughter
of
Solomon
as
his
wife);
4:12 Baana
the
son
of
Ahilud,
in
Taanach,
Megiddo,
and
all
Beth-shean
that
is
beside
Zarethan
below
Jezreel,
and
from
Beth-shean
to
Abel-meholah,
as
far
as
the
other
side
of
Jokmeam;
4:13 Ben-geber,
in
Ramoth-gilead
(he
had
the
villages
of
Jair
the
son
of
Manasseh,
which
are
in
Gilead,
and
he
had
the
region
of
Argob,
which
is
in
Bashan,
sixty
great
cities
with
walls
and
bronze
bars);
4:14 Ahinadab
the
son
of
Iddo,
in
Mahanaim;
4:15 Ahimaaz,
in
Naphtali
(he
had
taken
Basemath
the
daughter
of
Solomon
as
his
wife);
4:16 Baana
the
son
of
Hushai,
in
Asher
and
Bealoth;
4:17 Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Paruah,
in
Issachar;
4:18 Shimei
the
son
of
Ela,
in
Benjamin;
4:19 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
there
was
one
governor
who
was
over
the
land.
4:20 Judah
and
Israel
were
as
many
as
the
sand
by
the
sea.
They
ate
and
drank
and
were
happy.
4:21 Solomon
ruled
over
all
the
kingdoms
from
the
Euphrates
to
the
land
of
the
Philistines
and
to
the
border
of
Egypt.
They
brought
tribute
and
served
Solomon
all
the
days
of
his
life.
4:22 Solomon's
provision
for
one
day
was
thirty
cors
of
fine
flour
and
sixty
cors
of
meal,
4:23 ten
fat
oxen,
and
twenty
pasture-fed
cattle,
a
hundred
sheep,
besides
deer,
gazelles,
roebucks,
and
fattened
fowl.
4:24 For
he
had
dominion
over
all
the
region
west
of
the
Euphrates
from
Tiphsah
to
Gaza,
over
all
the
kings
west
of
the
Euphrates.
And
he
had
peace
on
all
sides
around
him.
4:25 And
Judah
and
Israel
lived
in
safety,
from
Dan
even
to
Beersheba,
every
man
under
his
vine
and
under
his
fig
tree,
all
the
days
of
Solomon.
4:26 Solomon
also
had
40,000
stalls
of
horses
for
his
chariots,
and
12,000
horsemen.
4:27 And
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.
4:28 Barley
also
and
straw
for
the
horses
and
swift
steeds
they
brought
to
the
place
where
it
was
required,
each
according
to
his
duty.
4:29 And
God
gave
Solomon
wisdom
and
understanding
beyond
measure,
and
breadth
of
mind
like
the
sand
on
the
seashore,
4:30 so
that
Solomon's
wisdom
surpassed
the
wisdom
of
all
the
people
of
the
east
and
all
the
wisdom
of
Egypt.
4:31 For
he
was
wiser
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.
4:32 He
also
spoke
3,000
proverbs,
and
his
songs
were
1,005.
4:33 He
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.
4:34 And
people
of
all
nations
came
to
hear
the
wisdom
of
Solomon,
and
from
all
the
kings
of
the
earth,
who
had
heard
of
his
wisdom.