1 Kings 4

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King James Version, 34 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. 1 Kgs 4:1

   So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

2. 1 Kgs 4:2

   And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

3. 1 Kgs 4:3

   Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

4. 1 Kgs 4:4

   And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

5. 1 Kgs 4:5

   And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:

6. 1 Kgs 4:6

   And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

7. 1 Kgs 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.

8. 1 Kgs 4:8

   And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

9. 1 Kgs 4:9

   The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:

10. 1 Kgs 4:10

    The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

11. 1 Kgs 4:11

    The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

12. 1 Kgs 4:12

    Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

13. 1 Kgs 4:13

    The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

14. 1 Kgs 4:14

    Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

15. 1 Kgs 4:15

    Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

16. 1 Kgs 4:16

    Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:

17. 1 Kgs 4:17

    Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:

18. 1 Kgs 4:18

    Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

19. 1 Kgs 4:19

    Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, 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.

20. 1 Kgs 4:20

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

21. 1 Kgs 4:21

    And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22. 1 Kgs 4:22

    And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

23. 1 Kgs 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.

24. 1 Kgs 4:24

    For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

25. 1 Kgs 4:25

    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.

26. 1 Kgs 4:26

    And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

27. 1 Kgs 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.

28. 1 Kgs 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.

29. 1 Kgs 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.

30. 1 Kgs 4:30

    And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

31. 1 Kgs 4:31

    For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

32. 1 Kgs 4:32

    And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

33. 1 Kgs 4:33

    And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon 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.

34. 1 Kgs 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.

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