1 Kings 4
Amplified Bible
Solomon’s Officials
4 King Solomon was king over all [the people of] Israel. 2 These were his [chief] officials: Azariah the [a]son of Zadok was the high priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder [of important events]; 4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 Azariah the son of Nathan was in charge of the deputies; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and was the king’s friend [and trusted advisor]; 6 Ahishar was in charge of the household (palace); and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7 Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who [b]secured provisions for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year. 8 These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of [the tribe of] Ephraim; 9 Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elon-beth-hanan; 10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher); 11 Ben-abinadab, in all the hills of Dor (Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, was his wife); 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as beyond Jokmeam; 13 Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead belonged to him, also the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15 Ahimaaz, in [the tribe of] Naphtali (he also married Basemath, Solomon’s daughter); 16 Baana the son of Hushai, in [the tribe of] Asher and Bealoth; 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in [the tribe of] Issachar; 18 Shimei the son of Ela, in [the tribe of] Benjamin; 19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.
Solomon’s Power, Wealth and Wisdom
20 [The people of] Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is in abundance by the sea; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21 [c]Now Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the [Euphrates] River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute (money) and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 Solomon’s food [for the royal household] for one day was thirty [d]kors of finely milled flour, sixty kors of wheat flour, 23 ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep not counting fallow deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24 For he was ruling over everything west of the [Euphrates] River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the [Euphrates] River; and he had peace on all sides around him. 25 Judah and Israel lived in security, every man under his vine and fig tree [in peace and prosperity], from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south], during all the days of Solomon.(A) 26 Solomon also had [e]40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 27 Those deputies provided food for King Solomon and for all [the staff] who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they let nothing be lacking. 28 They also brought the barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds (warhorses, chargers) to the place where it was needed, each man according to his assignment.
29 Now God gave Solomon [exceptional] wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand of the seashore. 30 Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser [f]than all [other] men, [wiser] than [g]Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame was known in all the surrounding nations. 32 He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. 33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon to the hyssop [vine] that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and fish. 34 People came from all the peoples (nations) to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 4:2 Here as in other passages, the Hebrew word son may refer to a grandson or more distant descendant, just as father is also used of grandfathers and other ancestors.
- 1 Kings 4:7 Lit provided.
- 1 Kings 4:21 In the Hebrew text ch 5 begins with this verse.
- 1 Kings 4:22 This was the largest unit of volume, but the actual amount varied because it was based on the volume of an egg, the basic Jewish standard of volume. The kor was equivalent to the homer and was supposed to equal 4,320 eggs. Modern estimates of the volume range between seven and twelve bushels.
- 1 Kings 4:26 One ms reads 4,000; cf 2 Chr 9:25.
- 1 Kings 4:31 “Wiser than all [other] men,” until Christ came. Jesus said, “Someone more and greater than Solomon is here” (Matt 12:42).
- 1 Kings 4:31 Together with Zimri (1 Chr 2:6), these men were reputed to be the wisest in the world.
ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻮﻙ ﺍﻷﻭ 4
Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
مَملَكَةُ سُلَيمَان
4 امتَدَّ حُكْمُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ إسْرَائِيلَ. 2 وَفِيمَا يَلِي أسْمَاءُ كِبَارِ المَسؤُولِينَ الَّذِينَ أعَانُوهُ فِي الحُكْمِ:
الكَاهِنُ عَزَرْيَا بْنُ صَادُوقَ.
3 ألِيحُورَفُ وَأخِيَّا، ابْنَا شِيشَا، وَكَانَا كَاتِبَينِ لِلسِّجِلَاتِ القَانُونِيَّةِ.
وَالمُؤَرِّخُ يَهُوشَافَاطُ بْنُ أخِيلُودَ.
4 وَقَائِدُ الجَيْشِ بَنَايَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَادَاعَ.
وَالكَاهِنَانِ صَادُوقُ وَأبِيَاثَارُ.
5 عَزَرْيَا بْنُ نَاثَانَ المَسؤولُ عَنْ وُلَاةِ المُقَاطَعَاتِ.
زَابُودُ بْنُ نَاثَانَ، وَكَانَ كَاهِنًا وَمُسْتَشَارًا شَخْصِيًّا لِلمَلِكِ.
6 أخِيشَارُ المَسؤولُ عَنْ شُؤونِ بَيْتِ المَلِكِ.
أدُونِيرَامُ بْنُ عَبْدَا المَسؤولُ عَنِ العُمَّالِ.
7 وَقَدْ وَلَّى سُلَيْمَانُ اثنَيْ عَشَرَ وَالِيًا عَلَى كُلِّ إسْرَائِيلَ. فَكَانُوا يُوفِّرُونَ الطَّعَامَ لِلمَلِكِ وَلِبَيْتِهِ بِالتَّنَاوُبِ، بَحَيْثُ يَتَولَّى وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ هَذَا الأمْرَ شَهرًا كُلَّ سَنَةٍ. 8 وَفِيمَا يَلِي أسمَاؤُهُمْ:
ابْنُ حُورٍ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى مُقَاطَعَةِ أفْرَايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.
9 ابْنُ دَقَرَ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى مَاقَصَ وَشَعَلُبِّيمَ وَبَيْتِ شَمسٍ وَأيلُونِ بَيْتِ حَانَانَ.
10 ابْنُ حَسَدَ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى أرُوبُوتَ وَسُوكُوهَ وَحَافَرَ.
11 ابْنُ أبِينَادَابَ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى مُرتَفَعَاتِ دُوَرٍ. وَكَانَ مُتَزَوِّجًا مِنْ طَافَةَ بِنْتِ سُلَيْمَانَ.
12 بَعْنَا بْنُ أخِيلُودَ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى تَعْنَكَ وَمَجِدُّو وَكُلِّ بَيْتِ شَانٍ المُجَاوِرَةِ لِصُرْتَانَ، وَهِيَ تَحْتَ يَزْرَعِيلَ، مِنْ بَيْتِ شَانٍ إلَى آبَلَ مَحُولَةَ عَلَى الجَانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنْ يَقْمَعَامَ.
13 ابْنُ جَابَرَ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى رَامُوثَ الَّتِي فِي جِلْعَادَ. وَكَانَ مَسؤُولًا عَنْ كُلِّ بَلْدَاتِ يَائِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى وَقُرَاهَا فِي جِلْعَادَ، وَعَنْ مِنْطَقَةِ أرْجُوبَ فِي بَاشَانَ. وَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ المِنْطَقَةُ تَضُمُّ سِتِّينَ مَدِينَةً مُسَوَّرَةً، وَلَهَا قُضبَانٌ نُحَاسِيَّةٌ عَلَى بَوَّابَاتِهَا.
14 أخِينَادَابُ بْنُ عُدُّو، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى مَحَنَايِمَ.
15 أخِيمَعَصُ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى نَفْتَالِي. وَكَانَ مُتَزَوِّجًا مِنْ بَاسِمَةٍ بِنْتِ سُلَيْمَانَ.
16 بَعْنَا بْنُ حُوشَايَ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى أشِيرَ وَبَعَلُوتَ.
17 يَهُوشَافَاطُ بْنُ فَارُوخَ، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى يَسَّاكَرَ.
18 شِمْعَى بْنُ أيلَا، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى بَنْيَامِينَ.
19 جَابِرُ بْنُ أُورِي، وَكَانَ وَالِيًا عَلَى جِلْعَادَ حَيْثُ كَانَ سِيحُونُ مَلِكُ الأمُّورِيِّينَ، وَعُوجٌ مَلِكُ بَاشَانَ يسْكُنَانِ. وَكَانَ جَابِرُ وَالِيًا وَحْدَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ تِلْكَ المُقَاطَعَةِ.
20 وَكَانَ النَّاسُ فِي يَهُوذَا وَإسْرَائِيلَ بِكَثْرَةِ رَملِ الشَّوَاطِئِ، لَكِنْ لَمْ يَنْقُصْهُمْ شَيءٌ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ وَالثِّيَابِ.
21 وَحَكَمَ سُلَيْمَانُ كُلَّ المَمَالِكِ مِنْ نَهْرِ الفُرَاتِ إلَى أرْضِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَامتَدَّتْ مَملَكَتُهُ إلَى حُدُودِ مِصْرٍ. وَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ المَمَالِكُ تُرسِلُ الجِزيَةَ إلَى سُلَيْمَانَ وَتَخْضَعُ لَهُ طَوَالَ أيَّامِ حُكمِهِ.
22 وَهَذِهِ كَمِّيَّاتُ الطَّعَامِ الَّتِي احْتَاجَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ: ثَلَاثِينَ كِيسًا[a] مِنَ السَّمِيدِ، وَسِتِّينَ كِيسًا مِنَ الطَّحِينِ، 23 وَعَشْرَةُ ثِيرَانٍ مُسَمَّنَةٍ، وَعِشْرُونَ مِنْ بَقَرِ المَرَاعِي، وَمِئَةُ خَرُوفٍ، عَدَا جَمِيعِ أنْوَاعِ الغِزلَانِ[b] وَالطُّيُورِ البَرِّيَّةِ.
24 وَحَكَمَ سُلَيْمَانُ كُلَّ البُلدَانِ الوَاقِعَةِ شَرقِيَّ نَهْرِ الفُرَاتِ، أيْ مِنْ تَفْسَخَ إلَى غَزَّةَ. وَسَادَ السَّلَامُ جَمِيعَ حُدُودِ مَملَكَتِهِ. 25 وقَدْ عَاشَ كُلُّ الشَّعْبِ فِي يَهُوذَا وَإسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دَانٍ إلَى بِئْرِ السَّبعِ فِي سَلَامٍ وَأمْنٍ طَوَالَ حُكْمِ سُلَيْمَانَ. فَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَجْلِسُونَ مُطمَئِنِّينَ تَحْتَ أشْجَارِ تِينِهِمْ وَكُرُومِهِمْ. 26 وَكَانَ لَدَى سُلَيْمَانَ اسْطَبلَاتٌ تَتَّسِعُ لِأرْبَعَةِ آلَافٍ مِنْ خُيُولِ مَركِبَاتِهِ، وَاثنَا عَشَرَ ألْفَ فَارِسٍ. 27 وَفِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ كَانَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ كُلِّ وُلَاةِ المُقَاطَعَاتِ الِاثنَيْ عَشَرَ يُزَوِّدُ المَلِكَ بِكُلِّ مَا يَحتَاجُهُ مِنْ طَعَامٍ. فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يَكْفِي لِجَمِيعِ الآكِلِينَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ المَلِكِ. 28 كَمَا يُقَدِّمَونَ مَا يَكْفِي مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ وَالتِّبْنِ لِخُيُولِ المَركِبَاتِ وَخُيُولِ الفُرسَانِ، وَيَنَقَلُونَ ذَلِكَ إلَى الأمَاكِنِ المُخَصَّصَةِ.
مِقدَارُ حِكمَةِ سُلَيمَان
29 وَأعْطَى اللهُ سُلَيْمَانَ حِكْمَةً عَظِيمَةً، فَكَانَ يَفْهَمُ أُمُورًا كَثِيرَةً جِدًّا، وَكَانَ وَاسِعَ الإدرَاكِ إلَى حَدٍّ يَصْعُبُ تَصَوُّرُهُ. 30 فَقَدْ فَاقَتْ حِكمَةُ سُلَيْمَانَ كُلَّ حِكمَةِ أهْلِ الشَّرقِ وَمِصْرٍ. 31 كَانَ أحْكَمَ النَّاسِ عَلَى الأرْضِ. فَقَدْ تَفَوَّقَ فِي حِكْمَتِهِ عَلَى إيثَانَ الأَزْرَحِيِّ وَهِيمَانَ وَكَلْكُولَ وَدَرْدَعَ أبْنَاءِ مَاحُولَ. فَذَاعَ صِيتُ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي البُلدَانِ المُحِيطَةِ كُلِّهَا.
32 وَكَتَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافِ قَولٍ حَكِيمٍ، وَألفًا وَخَمْسَ مِئَةِ تَرْنِيمَةٍ وَأُغْنِيَةٍ. 33 وَعَرَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ أيْضًا الكَثِيرَ عَنِ الطَّبِيعَةِ. فَعَلَّمَ عَنْ أنوَاعٍ كَثِيرَةٍ مِنَ النَّبَاتَاتِ، مِنْ أشْجَارِ الأرْزِ العَظِيمَةِ فِي لُبْنَانَ، إلَى الزُّوفَا المُتَسَلِّقَةِ عَلَى الجُدرَانِ. وَعَلَّمَ أيْضًا عَنِ الحَيَوَانَاتِ وَالطُّيُورِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ. 34 فَكَانَ يَأْتِي أُنَاسٌ مِنْ كُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ إلَى سُلَيْمَانَ لِيَسْتَمِعُوا إلَى حِكمَتِهِ. وَأرْسَلَ مُلُوكُ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ حُكَمَاءَهُمْ لِكَي يسمَعُوا ويَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنْ حِكمَتِهِ.
1 Kings 4
King James Version
4 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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:
6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
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.
8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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:
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:
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
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.
20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
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.
22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
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.
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.
26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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.
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.
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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.
32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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.
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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