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1 Kings 4 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:1 - So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:2 - And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 - Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6 - And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:8 - And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:9 - The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:10 - The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:11 - The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - 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:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:14 - Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:15 - Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:16 - Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:17 - Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:18 - Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.

Solomon's Power, Wealth and Wisdom

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:22 - And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:26 - And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:30 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32 - And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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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