Thematic Bible
1 Kings 4:1 (show verse)
And so king Solomon was king over all Israel.
1 Kings 4:2 (show verse)
And these were his lords: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest;
1 Kings 4:3 (show verse)
Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
1 Kings 4:4 (show verse)
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; And Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;
1 Kings 4:5 (show verse)
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;
1 Kings 4:6 (show verse)
And Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute.
1 Kings 4:7 (show verse)
And Solomon had twelve general receivers over all Israel which sustained the king and his household: each man his month in a year.
1 Kings 4:8 (show verse)
Whose names are these: The son of Hur in mount Ephraim;
1 Kings 4:9 (show verse)
the son of Dekar in Makaz, in Salem, in Bethshemesh, in Elon and in Bethhanan;
1 Kings 4:10 (show verse)
the son of Hesed in Arubboth, and to him pertained Socoh and all the land of Hepher;
1 Kings 4:11 (show verse)
the son of Abinadab, which had all the regions of Dor, and Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife;
1 Kings 4:12 (show verse)
Baanah the son of Ahilud had Taanach, Megiddo, and all Bet-Shean which is by Zarethan beneath Jezreel, and from Bet-Shean to Abelmeholah and unto beyond Jokmeam;
1 Kings 4:13 (show verse)
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;
1 Kings 4:14 (show verse)
Abinadab the son of Ado had Mahanaim;
1 Kings 4:15 (show verse)
Ahimaaz had Naphtali, and he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
1 Kings 4:16 (show verse)
Baanah the son of Hushai had Asher and Aloth;
1 Kings 4:17 (show verse)
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah had Issachar;
1 Kings 4:18 (show verse)
Shimei the son of Ela had Benjamin;
1 Kings 4:19 (show verse)
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.
1 Kings 4:20 (show verse)
And Judah and Israel were many, even as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.
1 Kings 4:21 (show verse)
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.
1 Kings 4:22 (show verse)
And Solomon's food was in one day thirty quarters of manchet flour and three score quarters of meal;
1 Kings 4:23 (show verse)
ten stalled oxen, and twenty out of the pastures and a hundred sheep and goats, besides harts, bucks and buballs and fat poultry.
1 Kings 4:24 (show verse)
For he ruled in all the regions on the other side Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and also over all the kings on the other side the said Euphrates. And he had peace with all his servants on every side.
1 Kings 4:25 (show verse)
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.
1 Kings 4:26 (show verse)
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.
1 Kings 4:27 (show verse)
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.
1 Kings 4:28 (show verse)
And as for barley and straw for the horses and beasts they brought unto the places where the officers were, every man in his office.
1 Kings 4:29 (show verse)
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much and a large heart, even as the sand along by the sea bank:
1 Kings 4:30 (show verse)
so that Solomon's wisdom exceeded the wisdom of all them of the East country and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.
1 Kings 4:31 (show verse)
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.
1 Kings 4:32 (show verse)
And Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs. And his songs were a thousand and five.
1 Kings 4:33 (show verse)
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.
1 Kings 4:34 (show verse)
And there came of all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all kings of the earth which had heard of his wisdom.