1 Kings 4
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1King Solomon was king over all Israel.
1ΚΑΙ ἦν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν βασιλεύων ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ.
2These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
2καὶ οὗτοι ἄρχοντες οἳ ἦσαν αὐτῷ. Ἀζαρίας υἱὸς Σαδὼκ
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
3καὶ Ἐλιαρὲφ καὶ Ἀχιὰ υἱὸς Σαβὰ γραμματεῖς. καὶ Ἰωσαφὰτ υἱὸς Ἀχιλὶδ ἀναμιμνήσκων
4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
4καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς Ἰωδαὲ ἐπὶ τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ Σαδὼκ καὶ Ἀβιάθαρ ἱερεῖς
5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
5καὶ Ὀρνία υἱὸς Νάθαν ἐπὶ τῶν καθεσταμένων καὶ Ζαβούθ υἱὸς Νάθαν ἑταῖρος τοῦ βασιλέως
6Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
6καὶ Ἀχιὴλ ἦν οἰκονόμος καὶ Ἐλιὰβ υἱὸς Σὰφ ἐπὶ τῆς πατριᾶς καὶ Ἀδωνιρὰμ υἱὸς Ἐφρὰ ἐπὶ τῶν φόρων.
7Solomon 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.
7καὶ τῷ Σαλωμὼν δώδεκα καθεσταμένοι ἐπὶ πάντα Ἰσραὴλ χορηγεῖν τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ· μῆνα ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐγίνετο ἐπὶ τὸν ἕνα χορηγεῖν.
8These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
8καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν· Βενὼρ ἐν ὄρει Ἐφραίμ, εἷς·
9Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
9υἱὸς Δακὰρ ἐν Μαχεμὰς καὶ ἐν Σαλαβὶν καὶ Βαιθσαμὺς καὶ Αἰλὼν ἕως Βηθανάν, εἷς·
10Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
10υἱὸς Ἐσδὶ ἐν Ἀραβώθ, αὐτοῦ Σωχὼ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ Ὀφέρ·
11Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);
11Χαναδὰβ καὶ Ἀναφαθέ, ἀνὴρ Ταβλήθ, θυγάτηρ Σαλωμὼν ἦν αὐτῷ εἰς γυναῖκα, εἷς·
12Baana 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;
12Βαανὰ υἱὸς Ἀχιλὶδ Θαανὰχ καὶ Μαγεδδὼ καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκος Σὰν ὁ παρὰ Σεσαθὰν ὑποκάτω τοῦ Ἐσραὲ καὶ ἐκ Βηθσὰν ἕως Σαβελμαουλᾶ, ἕως Μαεβὲρ Λουκάμ, εἷς·
13Ben 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);
13υἱὸς Γαβὲρ ἐν Ρεμὰθ Γαλαάδ, τούτῳ σχοίνισμα Ἐρεγαβά, ἣ ἐν τῇ Βασάν, ἑξήκοντα πόλεις μεγάλαι τειχήρεις καὶ μοχλοὶ χαλκοῖ, εἷς·
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
14Ἀχιναδὰβ υἱὸς Σαδδὼ Μααναΐμ, εἷς·
15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
15Ἀχιμαὰς ἐν Νεφθαλίμ, καὶ οὗτος ἔλαβε τὴν Βασεμμὰθ θυγατέρα Σαλωμὼν εἰς γυναῖκα, εἷς·
16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
16Βαανᾶ υἱὸς Χουσὶ ἐν Ἀσὴρ καὶ ἐν Βααλώθ, εἷς·
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
17Σαμαὰ υἱὸς Ἠλὰ ἐν τῷ Βενιαμίν·
18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
18Γαβὲρ υἱὸς Ἀδαΐ ἐν τῇ γῇ Γάδ, καὶ Σηὼν βασιλέως τοῦ Ἐσεβὼν καὶ Ὢγ βασιλέως τοῦ Βασάν· καὶ νασὶφ εἷς ἐν γῇ Ἰούδα·
19Geber 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.
19Ἰωσαφὰτ υἱὸς Φουασοὺδ ἐν Ἰσσάχαρ.
20Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
20[Καὶ Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραὴλ πολλοὶ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς πλῆθος ἔσθοντες καὶ πίνοντες καὶ εὐφραινόμενοι.]
21Solomon 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.
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22Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
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23ten 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.
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24For 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.
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25Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
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26Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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27Those 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.
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28They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.
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29God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.
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30Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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31For 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.
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32He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.
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33He 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.
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34People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
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