Thematic Bible
1 Kings 4:1 (show verse)
Solomon was king over all Israel.
1 Kings 4:2 (show verse)
His high officials were as follows: The priest: Azariah son of Zadok,
1 Kings 4:3 (show verse)
the court secretaries: Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha In charge of the records: Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud.
1 Kings 4:4 (show verse)
Commander of the army: Benaiah son of Jehoiada. Priests: Zadok and Abiathar.
1 Kings 4:5 (show verse)
Chief of the district governors: Azariah son of Nathan Royal Adviser: the priest Zabud son of Nathan.
1 Kings 4:6 (show verse)
In charge of the palace servants: Ahishar In charge of the forced labor: Adoniram son of Abda.
1 Kings 4:7 (show verse)
Solomon appointed twelve men as district governors in Israel. They provided food from their districts for the king and his household, each man being responsible for one month out of the year.
1 Kings 4:8 (show verse)
The following are the names of these twelve officers and the districts they were in charge of: Benhur: the mountains of Ephraim,
1 Kings 4:9 (show verse)
Bendeker: the cities of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, Elon, and Beth Hanan,
1 Kings 4:10 (show verse)
Benhesed: the cities of Arubboth and Socoh and all the territory of Hepher,
1 Kings 4:11 (show verse)
Benabinadab, who was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath: the whole region of Dor.
1 Kings 4:12 (show verse)
Baana son of Ahilud: the cities of Taanach, Megiddo, and all the region near Beth Shan, near the town of Zarethan, south of the town of Jezreel, as far as the city of Abel Meholah and the city of Jokmeam.
1 Kings 4:13 (show verse)
Bengeber: the city of Ramoth in Gilead, and the villages in Gilead belonging to the clan of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, and the region of Argob in Bashan, sixty large towns in all, fortified with walls and with bronze bars on the gates.
1 Kings 4:14 (show verse)
Ahinadab son of Iddo: the district of Mahanaim.
1 Kings 4:15 (show verse)
Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters: the territory of Naphtali.
1 Kings 4:16 (show verse)
Baana son of Hushai: the region of Asher and the town of Bealoth.
1 Kings 4:17 (show verse)
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah: the territory of Issachar.
1 Kings 4:18 (show verse)
Shimei son of Ela: the territory of Benjamin.
1 Kings 4:19 (show verse)
Geber son of Uri: the region of Gilead, which had been ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan. Besides these twelve, there was one governor over all the land.
1 Kings 4:20 (show verse)
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They ate and drank and were very happy.
1 Kings 4:21 (show verse)
Solomon's kingdom included all the nations from the Euphrates River to Philistia and the Egyptian border. They paid him taxes and were subject to him all his life.
1 Kings 4:22 (show verse)
The supplies Solomon needed each day were one hundred and fifty bushels of fine flour and three hundred bushels of meal.
1 Kings 4:23 (show verse)
Also needed were ten stall-fed cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fowl (cuckoo).
1 Kings 4:24 (show verse)
Solomon ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah on the Euphrates as far west as the city of Gaza. All the kings west of the Euphrates were subject to him. He was at peace with all the neighboring countries.
1 Kings 4:25 (show verse)
As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
1 Kings 4:26 (show verse)
Solomon had forty thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand cavalry horses.
1 Kings 4:27 (show verse)
His twelve governors supplied the food King Solomon needed for all who ate in the palace. They always supplied everything needed, each one in the month assigned.
1 Kings 4:28 (show verse)
Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw as needed for the chariot horses and the work animals.
1 Kings 4:29 (show verse)
God gave Solomon great wisdom and insight, and knowledge too great to be measured.
1 Kings 4:30 (show verse)
Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt.
1 Kings 4:31 (show verse)
He was the wisest of all men. He was wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, and the sons of Mahol. His fame spread throughout all the neighboring countries.
1 Kings 4:32 (show verse)
He wrote three thousand proverbs and more than a thousand songs.
1 Kings 4:33 (show verse)
He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
1 Kings 4:34 (show verse)
Kings all over the world heard of his wisdom and sent people to listen to the Wisdom of Solomon.