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Solomon’s Officials and Governors
So King Solomon ruled over all Israel.
So King Solomon ruled over all Israel.
Solomon's Princes
And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
And these were his chief officials:
Azariah son of Zadok — the priest;
Azariah son of Zadok — the priest;
And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;
Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha — secretaries;
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud — recorder;
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud — recorder;
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, chronicler;
Benaiah son of Jehoiada — commander in chief;
Zadok and Abiathar — priests;
Zadok and Abiathar — priests;
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
Azariah son of Nathan — in charge of the district governors;
Zabud son of Nathan — a priest and adviser to the king;
Zabud son of Nathan — a priest and adviser to the king;
and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;
Ahishar — palace administrator;
Adoniram son of Abda — in charge of forced labor.
Adoniram son of Abda — in charge of forced labor.
and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.
Solomon had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year.
Solomon's Twelve Officers
And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
These are their names:
Ben-Hur — in the hill country of Ephraim;
Ben-Hur — in the hill country of Ephraim;
And these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.
Ben-Deker — in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan;
Ben-Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-Beth-hanan.
Ben-Hesed — in Arubboth (Sokoh and all the land of Hepher were his);
Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; he had Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher.
Ben-Abinadab — in Naphoth Dor (he was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon);
Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.
Baana son of Ahilud — in Taanach and Megiddo, and in all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across to Jokmeam;
Baana the son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam.
Ben-Geber — in Ramoth Gilead (the settlements of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead were his, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan and its sixty large walled cities with bronze gate bars);
Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.
Ahimaaz — in Naphtali (he had married Basemath daughter of Solomon);
Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
Geber son of Uri — in Gilead (the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and the country of Og king of Bashan). He was the only governor over the district.
Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and of Og the king of Bashan; and [he was] the only superintendent that was in the land.
Solomon’s Daily Provisions
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.
Solomon's Wealth
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
And Solomon ruled over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.
ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.
For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and had peace on all sides.
For he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gazah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about.
During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
The district governors, each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting.
They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.
And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.
Solomon’s Wisdom
God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.
God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.
Solomon's Wisdom
And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite — wiser than Heman, Kalkol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish.
And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.