1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 Kings 4

1 Solomon's princes. 7 His twelve officers for provision. 20, 24 The peace and largeness of his kingdom. 22 His daily provision. 26 His stables. 29 His wisdom.

 4:1 Now King 4428 Solomon 8010 was king 4428 over 5921 all 3605 Israel 3478.

 4:2 These 428 were his officials 8269: Azariah 5838 the son 1121 of Zadok 6659 [was] the priest 3548;

 4:3 Elihoreph 456 and Ahijah 281, the sons 1121 of Shisha 7894 [were] secretaries 5613b; Jehoshaphat 3092 the son 1121 of Ahilud 286 [was] the recorder 2142;

 4:4 and Benaiah 1141 the son 1121 of Jehoiada 3077 [was] over 5921 the army 6635; and Zadok 6659 and Abiathar 54 [were] priests 3548;

 4:5 and Azariah 5838 the son 1121 of Nathan 5416 [was] over 5921 the deputies 5324; and Zabud 2071 the son 1121 of Nathan 5416, a priest 3548, [was] the king’s 4428 friend 7463b;

 4:6 and Ahishar 301 was over 5921 the household 1004; and Adoniram 141 the son 1121 of Abda 5653 [was] over 5921 the men 4522 subject to forced 4522 labor 4522.

 4:7 ¶ Solomon 8010 had twelve 8147 6240 deputies 5324 over 5921 all 3605 Israel 3478, who provided 3557 for the king 4428 and his household 1004; each 259 man had 3557 to provide 3557 for a month 2320 in the year 8141.

 4:8 These 428 are their names 8034: Ben-hur 1133, in the hill 2022 country 2022 of Ephraim 669;

 4:9 Ben-deker 1128 in Makaz 4739 and Shaalbim 8169 and Beth-shemesh 1053 and Elonbeth-hanan 358;

 4:10 Ben-hesed 1136, in Arubboth 700 (Socoh 7755 [was] his and all 3605 the land 776 of Hepher 2660b);

 4:11 Ben-abinadab 1125, [in] all 3605 the height 5299b of Dor 1756 (Taphath 2955 the daughter 1323 of Solomon 8010 was his wife 802);

 4:12 Baana 1195 the son 1121 of Ahilud 286, [in] Taanach 8590 and Megiddo 4023b, and all 3605 Beth-shean 1052 which 834 is beside 681a Zarethan 6891 below 4480 8478 Jezreel 3157, from Beth-shean 1052 to Abel-meholah 65 as far 5704 as the other 5676 side 5676 of Jokmeam 3361;

 4:13 Ben-geber 1127, in Ramoth-gilead 7433 (the towns 2333 of Jair 2971, the son 1121 of Manasseh 4519, which 834 are in Gilead 1568 were his: the region 2256a of Argob 709b, which 834 is in Bashan 1316, sixty 8346 great 1419 cities 5892b with walls 2346 and bronze 5178 bars 1280 [were] his);

 4:14 Ahinadab 292 the son 1121 of Iddo 5714, [in] Mahanaim 4266;

 4:15 Ahimaaz 290, in Naphtali 5321 (he also 1571 married 3947 Basemath 1315 the daughter 1323 of Solomon 8010);

 4:16 Baana 1195 the son 1121 of Hushai 2365, in Asher 836 and Bealoth 1175;

 4:17 Jehoshaphat 3092 the son 1121 of Paruah 6515, in Issachar 3485;

 4:18 Shimei 8096 the son 1121 of Ela 414, in Benjamin 1144;

 4:19 Geber 1398 the son 1121 of Uri 221, in the land 776 of Gilead 1568, the country 776 of Sihon 5511 king 4428 of the Amorites 567 and of Og 5747 king 4428 of Bashan 1316; and [he was] the only 259 deputy 5333 who 834 [was] in the land 776.

 4:20 ¶ Judah 3063 and Israel 3478 [were] as numerous 7227a as the sand 2344 that is on the seashore 3220 in abundance 7230; [they] were eating 398 and drinking 8354 and rejoicing 8056.

 4:21 ¶ Now Solomon 8010 ruled 4910 over all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 from the River 5104 [to] the land 776 of the Philistines 6430 and to the border 1366 of Egypt 4714; [they] brought 5066 tribute 4503 and served 5647 Solomon 8010 all 3605 the days 3117 of his life 2425b.

 4:22 ¶ Solomon’s 8010 provision 3899 for one 259 day 3117 was thirty 7970 kors 3734a of fine 5560 flour 5560 and sixty 8346 kors 3734a of meal 7058,

 4:23 ten 6235 fat 1277 oxen 1241, twenty 6242 pasture-fed 7471 oxen 1241, a hundred 3967 sheep 6629 besides 905 4480 deer 354, gazelles 6643b, roebucks 3180, and fattened 75 fowl 1257.

 4:24 For he had 7287a dominion 7287a over everything 3605 west 5676 of the River 5104, from Tiphsah 8607 even to Gaza 5804a, over all 3605 the kings 4428 west 5676 of the River 5104; and he had 1961 peace 7965 on all 3605 sides 5676 around 5439 about 5439 him.

 4:25 So Judah 3063 and Israel 3478 lived 3427 in safety 983, every 376 man 376 under 8478 his vine 1612 and his fig 8384 tree 8384, from Dan 1835 even to Beersheba 884, all 3605 the days 3117 of Solomon 8010.

 4:26 Solomon 8010 had 40,000 705 505 stalls 723a of horses 5483b for his chariots 4817, and 12,000 8147 6240 505 horsemen 6571b.

 4:27 Those 428 deputies 5324 provided 3557 for King 4428 Solomon 8010 and all 3605 who came 7131 to King 4428 Solomon’s 8010 table 7979, each 376 in his month 2320; they left 5737c nothing 3808 1697 lacking 5737c.

 4:28 They also brought 935 barley 8184 and straw 8401 for the horses 5483b and swift 7409 steeds 7409 to the place 4725 where 834 8033 it should be, each 376 according to his charge 4941.

 4:29 ¶ Now God 430 gave 5414 Solomon 8010 wisdom 2451 and very 3966 great 7235a discernment 8394 and breadth 7341 of mind 3820, like the sand 2344 that is on the seashore 3220 8193.

 4:30 Solomon’s 8010 wisdom 2451 surpassed 7235a the wisdom 2451 of all 3605 the sons 1121 of the east 6924a and all 3605 the wisdom 2451 of Egypt 4714.

 4:31 For he was wiser 2449 than 4480 all 3605 men 120, than 4480 Ethan 387 the Ezrahite 250, Heman 1968, Calcol 3633 and Darda 1862, the sons 1121 of Mahol 4235; and his fame 8034 was [known] in all 3605 the surrounding 5439 nations 1471.

 4:32 He also spoke 1696 3,000 7969 505 proverbs 4912, and his songs 7892a were 1,005 2568 505.

 4:33 He spoke 1696 of trees 6086, from the cedar 730 that is in Lebanon 3844 even to the hyssop 231 that grows 3318 on the wall 7023; he spoke 1696 also of animals 929 and birds 5775 and creeping 7431 things 7431 and fish 1709.

 4:34 Men came 935 from all 3605 peoples 5971a to hear 8085 the wisdom 2451 of Solomon 8010, from all 3605 the kings 4428 of the earth 776 who 834 had heard 8085 of his wisdom 2451.