1 Kings 4

¹ And so king Solomon was king over all Israel.

¹ Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.

¹ So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

¹ King Solomon ruled over Israel,^(A)

¹ And so King Solomon ruled over all of Israel.

³ Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

³ Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; ^(B)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

³ Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

³ Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, secretaries;Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, court historian;

³ Shisha's sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were his secretaries, Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat was recorder,

⁵ And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the general receivers; And Zabud the son of Nathan was a waiter and the king's companion; And Ahishar, the steward of household;

⁵ and Azariah the son of Nathan was over ^(E)the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s friend;

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:

⁵ Azariah son of Nathan, in charge of the deputies;Zabud son of Nathan, a priest and adviser to the king;

⁵ Nathan's son Azariah supervised the governors, Nathan's son Zabud the priest was the king's counselor,

⁷ And Solomon had twelve general receivers over all Israel which sustained the king and his household: each man his month in a year.

⁷ Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who ^(a)provided for the king and his household; each man had to ^(b)provide for a month in the year.

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.

⁷ Solomon had 12 deputies for all Israel. They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.^(C)

⁷ Solomon also appointed twelve governors over all of Israel, each of whom were responsible for providing one month's food provisions to the king and to his administration during each year.

⁹ the son of Dekar in Makaz, in Salem, in Bethshemesh, in Elon and in Bethhanan;

⁹ Ben-deker in Makaz and ^(G)Shaalbim and ^(H)Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

⁹ The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:

⁹ Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

⁹ Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

¹¹ the son of Abinadab, which had all the regions of Dor, and Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife;

¹¹ Ben-abinadab, in all ^(c)the ^(K)height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife);

¹¹ The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

¹¹ Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (Taphath daughter of Solomon was his wife);

¹¹ Ben-abinadab supervised the Dor heights (Solomon's daughter Taphath was his wife);

¹³ The son of Geber had Ramoth Gilead, and his were the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which lie in Gilead, and his were the coasts of Argob in Bashan, three score great cities with wall and bars of brass;

¹³ Ben-geber, in ^(Q)Ramoth-gilead (^(R)the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: ^(S)the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his);

¹³ The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; 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:

¹³ Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, 60 great cities with walls and bronze bars);

¹³ Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead, including the towns that belonged to Manasseh's descendant Jair that are in Gilead;

¹⁵ Ahimaaz had Naphtali, and he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife;

^{15 (U)}Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);

¹⁵ Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

¹⁵ Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also had married a daughter of Solomon—Basemath);

¹⁵ Ahimaaz served in Naphtali (he was married to Solomon's daughter Basemath);

¹⁷ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah had Issachar;

¹⁷ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

¹⁷ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:

¹⁷ Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;

¹⁷ Paruah's son Jehoshaphat served in Issachar;

¹⁹ Geber the son of Uri had the country of Gilead and the land of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan, and was alone receiver in the land.

¹⁹ Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, ^(X)the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.

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.

¹⁹ Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan.There was one deputy in the land of Judah.^(a)

¹⁹ and Uri's son Geber served in the territory of Gilead, the territory formerly ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan (he was the only governor over that territory).

²¹ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river throughout all the land of the Philistines unto the borders of Egypt, and they brought presents and served Solomon all days of his life.

^{21 (f)(Z)}Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms ^(AA)from the ^(g)River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; ^(AB)they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

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.

^{21 (b)}Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.^(E) They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.^(F)

²¹ Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the territory of the Philistines and south to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon throughout his lifetime.

²³ ten stalled oxen, and twenty out of the pastures and a hundred sheep and goats, besides harts, bucks and buballs and fat poultry.

²³ ten fat oxen, twenty ^(k)pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

²³ Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

²³ 10 fattened oxen, 20 range oxen, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,^(e)(G)

²³ ten fattened oxen, 20 pasture-fed cattle, 100 sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and domestic poultry.

²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt without fear, every man under his vine and under his fig tree from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

^{25 (AF)}So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, ^(AG)from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

²⁵ Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba,^(H) each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.^(I)

²⁵ Judah and Israel lived safely, and everyone enjoyed their own vine and fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba through all of Solomon's life.

²⁷ And the foresaid general receivers made purveyance for king Solomon and for all that came to king Solomon's table, every man his month, so that there lacked nothing.

²⁷ Those deputies ^(q)provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking.

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.

²⁷ Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing.

²⁷ His officers supplied provisions for King Solomon and for everyone who visited King Solomon's palace, each in their respective month of service responsibility. Nothing ever ran out.

²⁹ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much and a large heart, even as the sand along by the sea bank:

²⁹ Now ^(AJ)God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of ^(r)mind, ^(AK)like the sand that is on the seashore.

²⁹ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

²⁹ God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding^(L) as vast as the sand on the seashore.

²⁹ God gave Solomon wisdom and great discernment. His insights were as numerous as sand on the seashore.

³¹ And he excelled all men in wisdom, both Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol and Darda the sons of Mahol. And his name spread abroad among all nations on every side.

³¹ For ^(AN)he was wiser than all men, than ^(AO)Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, ^(AP)Calcol and ^(s)Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his ^(t)fame was known in all the surrounding nations.

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.

³¹ He was wiser than anyone^(O)—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite,^(P) and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol.^(Q) His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations.^(R)

³¹ He was wiser than anyone of his day wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, and wiser than Mahol's sons Calcol and Darda.

³³ And he disputed of trees, even from the Cedar tree that groweth in Lebanon unto the Hyssop that springeth out of the wall. And he disputed of beasts, fowls, worms, and fishes.

³³ He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.

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.

³³ He described trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall. He also taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

³³ He described trees everything from cedars that grow in Lebanon to hyssop that grows on a garden wall. He described animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.