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1 Kings 4 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Now King^H4428 Solomon^H8010 was king^H4428 over^H5921 all^H3605 Israel^H3478.

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1Ki 4:2 - These^H428 were his officials^H8269: Azariah^H5838 the son^H1121 of Zadok^H6659 was the priest^H3548;

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1Ki 4:3 - Elihoreph^H456 and Ahijah^H281, the sons^H1121 of Shisha^H7894 were scribes^H5608; Jehoshaphat^H3092 the son^H1121 of Ahilud^H286 was the secretary^H4206;

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1Ki 4:4 - and Benaiah^H1141 the son^H1121 of Jehoiada^H3077 was over^H5921 the army^H6635; and Zadok^H6659 and Abiathar^H54 were priests^H3548;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:5

1Ki 4:5 - and Azariah^H5838 the son^H1121 of Nathan^H5416 was over^H5921 the deputies^H5324; and Zabud^H2071 the son^H1121 of Nathan^H5416, a priest^H3548, was the king’s^H4428 confidant^H7463;

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1Ki 4:6 - and Ahishar^H301 was over^H5921 the household^H1004; and Adoniram^H141 the son^H1121 of Abda^H5653 was over^H5921 the forced^H4522 labor^H4522.

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Solomon^H8010 had twelve^H8147^H6240 deputies^H5324 over^H5921 all^H3605 Israel^H3478, who provided^H3557 food^H3557 for the king^H4428 and his household^H1004; each^H259 deputy had^H1961^H5921 to provide^H3557 food^H3557 for a month^H2320 in the year^H8141.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:8

1Ki 4:8 - And these^H428 were their names^H8034: Ben-hur^H1133, in the hill^H2022 country^H2022 of Ephraim^H669;

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1Ki 4:9 - Ben-deker^H1128 in Makaz^H4739 and Shaalbim^H8169, and Beth-shemesh^H1053, and Elonbeth-hanan^H358;

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1Ki 4:10 - Ben-hesed^H1136 in Arubboth^H700 (Socoh^H7755 was his and all^H3605 the land^H776 of Hepher^H2660);

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1Ki 4:11 - Ben-abinadab^H1125 in all^H3605 [fn]the hills^H5299 of Dor^H1756 (Taphath^H2955 the daughter^H1323 of Solomon^H8010 was his wife^H802);

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1Ki 4:12 - Baana^H1195 the son^H1121 of Ahilud^H286 in Taanach^H8590 and Megiddo^H4023, and all^H3605 Beth-shean^H1052 which^H834 is beside^H681 Zarethan^H6891 below^H4480^H8478 Jezreel^H3157, from Beth-shean^H1052 to Abel-meholah^H65 as far^H5704 as the other^H5676 side^H5676 of Jokmeam^H3361;

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1Ki 4:13 - Ben-geber^H1127 in Ramoth-gilead^H7433 (the villages^H2333 of Jair^H2971, the son^H1121 of Manasseh^H4519, which^H834 are in Gilead^H1568 were his: the region^H2256 of Argob^H709, which^H834 is in Bashan^H1316, sixty^H8346 great^H1419 cities^H5892 with walls^H2346 and bronze^H5178 bars^H1280 were his);

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1Ki 4:14 - Ahinadab^H292 the son^H1121 of Iddo^H5714 in Mahanaim^H4266;

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1Ki 4:15 - Ahimaaz^H290 in Naphtali^H5321 (he also^H1571 married^H3947^H802 Basemath^H1315 the daughter^H1323 of Solomon^H8010);

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1Ki 4:16 - Baana^H1195 the son^H1121 of Hushai^H2365 in Asher^H836 and [fn]Bealoth^H1175;

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1Ki 4:17 - Jehoshaphat^H3092 the son^H1121 of Paruah^H6515 in Issachar^H3485;

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1Ki 4:18 - Shimei^H8096 the son^H1121 of Ela^H414 in Benjamin^H1144;

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1Ki 4:19 - Geber^H1398 the son^H1121 of Uri^H221 in the land^H776 of Gilead^H1568, the country^H776 of Sihon^H5511 king^H4428 of the Amorites^H567 and of Og^H5747 king^H4428 of Bashan^H1316; and he was the only^H259 deputy^H5333 who^H834 was in the land^H776.

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Judah^H3063 and Israel^H3478 were as numerous^H7227 as the sand^H2344 that is on the [fn]seashore^H3220 in abundance^H7230; they were eating^H398, drinking^H8354, and rejoicing^H8056.

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[fn]Now Solomon^H8010 was ruling^H4910 over all^H3605 the kingdoms^H4467 from the Euphrates River^H5104 to the land^H776 of the Philistines^H6430 and to the border^H1366 of Egypt^H4714; they brought^H5066 tribute^H4503 and served^H5647 Solomon^H8010 all^H3605 the days^H3117 of his life^H2416.

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Solomon’s^H8010 [fn]provision^H3899 for one^H259 day^H3117 was [fn]thirty^H7970 kors^H3734 of fine^H5560 flour^H5560 and [fn]sixty^H8346 kors^H3734 of meal^H7058,

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1Ki 4:23 - ten^H6235 fat^H1277 oxen^H1241, twenty^H6242 [fn]pasture-fed^H7471 oxen^H1241, and a hundred^H3967 sheep^H6629, besides^H905^H4480 deer^H354, gazelles^H6643, roebucks^H3180, and fattened^H75 geese^H1257.

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1Ki 4:24 - For he was ruling^H7287 over everything^H3605 [fn]west^H5676 of the Euphrates River^H5104, from Tiphsah^H8607 even to Gaza^H5804, over all^H3605 the kings^H4428 [fn]west^H5676 of the River^H5104; and he had^H1961 peace^H7965 on all^H3605 sides^H5676 surrounding^H5439 him.

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1Ki 4:25 - So Judah^H3063 and Israel^H3478 lived^H3427 securely^H983, everyone^H376 under^H8478 his vine^H1612 and his fig^H8384 tree^H8384, from Dan^H1835 even to Beersheba^H884, all^H3605 the days^H3117 of Solomon^H8010.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:26

1Ki 4:26 - Solomon^H8010 had [fn]forty^H705 thousand^H505 stalls^H723 of horses^H5483 for his chariots^H4817, and twelve^H8147^H6240 thousand^H505 horsemen^H6571.

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1Ki 4:27 - And those^H428 deputies^H5324 provided^H3557 food^H3557 for King^H4428 Solomon^H8010 and all^H3605 who came^H7131 to King^H4428 Solomon’s^H8010 table^H7979, each^H376 in his month^H2320; they allowed^H5737 nothing^H3808^H1697 to^H5737 be^H5737 lacking^H5737.

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1Ki 4:28 - They also brought^H935 barley^H8184 and straw^H8401 for the war horses^H5483 and baggage^H7409 horses^H7409 to the place^H4725 where^H834^H8033 it was required, each^H376 deputy according to his duty^H4941.

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Now God^H430 gave^H5414 Solomon^H8010 wisdom^H2451 and very^H3966 great^H7235 discernment^H8394 and breadth^H7341 of [fn]mind^H3820, like the sand^H2344 that is on the seashore^H3220^H8193.

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1Ki 4:30 - Solomon’s^H8010 wisdom^H2451 surpassed^H7235 the wisdom^H2451 of all^H3605 the [fn]people^H1121 of the east^H6924 and all^H3605 the wisdom^H2451 of Egypt^H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:31

1Ki 4:31 - For he was^H2449 wiser^H2449 than^H4480 all^H3605 other people^H120, more than^H4480 Ethan^H387 the Ezrahite^H250, Heman^H1968, Calcol^H3633, and [fn]Darda^H1862, the sons^H1121 of Mahol^H4235; and his [fn]fame^H8034 was known in all^H3605 the surrounding^H5439 nations^H1471.

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1Ki 4:32 - He also told^H1696 three^H7969 thousand^H505 proverbs^H4912, and his songs^H7892 numbered 1,005^H2568^H505.

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1Ki 4:33 - He told^H1696 of trees^H6086, from the cedar^H730 that is in Lebanon^H3844 even to the hyssop^H231 that grows^H3318 on the wall^H7023; he told^H1696 also of animals^H929, birds^H5775, crawling^H7431 things^H7431, and fish^H1709.

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1Ki 4:34 - People came^H935 from all^H3605 the [fn]nations^H5971 to hear^H8085 the wisdom^H2451 of Solomon^H8010, from all^H3605 the kings^H4428 of the earth^H776 who^H834 had heard^H8085 of his wisdom^H2451.

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Or Naphoth-dor

Or in Aloth

Lit sea

Ch 5:1 in Heb

Lit bread

About 231 cubic feet or 6.5 cubic meters

(4:22)

About 462 cubic feet or 13 cubic meters

(4:23)

Lit oxen of the pasture

(4:24)

Lit beyond

(4:24)

Lit beyond

(4:26)

One LXX ms reads 4,000, cf. 2 Chr 9:25

Lit heart

Lit sons

In 1 Chr 2:6, Dara

Lit name

Lit peoples

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