1 Kings 4 (NET)

1 Kings 4:1¹King Solomon ruled over all Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 12:381 Kgs 11:131 Kgs 11:35-361 Kgs 12:19-202 Chr 9:302 Sam 5:5Eccl 1:12

1 Kings 4:2²These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:28Exod 18:211 Chr 27:171 Chr 6:8-102 Sam 20:23-262 Sam 8:15-18

1 Kings 4:3³Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 8:161 Chr 18:151 Chr 18:62 Sam 20:24-25Isa 62:6

1 Kings 4:4⁴Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:351 Kgs 2:26-27

1 Kings 4:5⁵Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 27:332 Sam 15:372 Sam 16:161 Kgs 1:10-531 Kgs 4:72 Sam 12:1-152 Sam 12:252 Sam 19:37-382 Sam 20:262 Sam 7:2

1 Kings 4:6⁶Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of the work crews.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 12:181 Kgs 9:152 Sam 20:241 Kgs 5:13-14

1 Kings 4:7⁷Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 27:1-15

1 Kings 4:8⁸These were their names: Ben Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 24:33Judg 17:1Judg 19:1

1 Kings 4:9⁹Ben Deker was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 6:121 Sam 6:20Josh 19:42Josh 21:16Judg 1:35

1 Kings 4:10¹⁰Ben Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 12:17Josh 15:35Josh 17:2

1 Kings 4:11¹¹Ben Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 11:2Josh 12:23Josh 17:11Judg 1:27

1 Kings 4:12¹²Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of Taanach and Megiddo, as well as all of Beth Shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah and on past Jokmeam.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 17:111 Kgs 19:16Josh 3:16Judg 5:191 Chr 6:681 Kgs 18:461 Kgs 7:461 Sam 31:102 Kgs 23:29-301 Sam 31:12

1 Kings 4:13¹³Ben Geber was in charge of Ramoth Gilead; he controlled the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan, including sixty large walled cities with bronze bars locking their gates.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 3:4Num 32:411 Kgs 22:32 Kgs 9:12 Kgs 9:14Deut 3:13-14Deut 3:8Deut 4:43Josh 20:8Josh 21:38

1 Kings 4:14¹⁴Ahinadab son of Iddo was in charge of Mahanaim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 17:242 Sam 17:272 Sam 2:8Gen 32:2Josh 13:26

1 Kings 4:15¹⁵Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon’s daughter Basemath.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 4:111 Sam 18:182 Sam 15:27Josh 19:32-39

1 Kings 4:16¹⁶Baana son of Hushai was in charge of Asher and Aloth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 15:32Josh 19:24-31

1 Kings 4:17¹⁷Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was in charge of Issachar.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 19:17-23

1 Kings 4:18¹⁸Shimei son of Ela was in charge of Benjamin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:8Josh 18:20-28Zech 12:13

1 Kings 4:19¹⁹Geber son of Uri was in charge of the land of Gilead (the territory which had once belonged to King Sihon of the Amorites and to King Og of Bashan). He was sole governor of the area.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 2:26-3:17Josh 13:9-12Num 21:21-35

1 Kings 4:20²⁰The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:8Gen 22:17Gen 32:121 Chr 12:391 Sam 30:16Acts 2:46Eccl 2:24Gen 13:16Gen 15:5Isa 22:13

1 Kings 4:21²¹(5:1) Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 15:18Josh 1:4Ps 68:291 Kgs 4:242 Chr 9:26-31Exod 23:312 Chr 17:52 Chr 32:23Deut 11:24Ezra 4:20

1 Kings 4:22²²Each day Solomon’s royal court consumed thirty cors of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 4:23²³ten calves fattened in the stall, 20 calves from the pasture, and 100 sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 5:17-18

1 Kings 4:24²⁴His royal court was so large because he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 22:9Ps 72:111 Kgs 4:211 Kgs 5:4Gen 10:19Heb 7:1-2Isa 9:7Luke 2:14Ps 72:3Ps 72:7-8

1 Kings 4:25²⁵All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 4:4Zech 3:102 Kgs 18:31Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-16Judg 20:12 Sam 17:112 Sam 24:15Ezek 38:11Isa 60:18

1 Kings 4:26²⁶Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 1:142 Chr 9:252 Sam 8:41 Kgs 10:25-26Deut 17:16Ps 20:7

1 Kings 4:27²⁷The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 4:28²⁸Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 8:10Esth 8:14Mic 1:13

1 Kings 4:29²⁹God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:12Jas 3:171 Kgs 4:20Eccl 2:26Jas 1:17Jas 1:52 Chr 1:10-12Isa 60:5Prov 2:61 Kgs 3:28

1 Kings 4:30³⁰Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 5:11-12Gen 25:6Acts 7:22Dan 1:20Job 1:3Isa 19:11-12Matt 2:1Matt 2:16Dan 4:7

1 Kings 4:31³¹He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 15:191 Chr 2:61 Kgs 3:121 Chr 6:33Luke 11:31Matt 12:42Ps 89:1-521 Chr 15:171 Kgs 10:11 Kgs 10:6

1 Kings 4:32³²He composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 4:33³³He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 19:23Ps 51:7Ps 92:12Exod 12:22Gen 1:20-25Heb 9:19Num 19:18Num 24:6

1 Kings 4:34³⁴People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 9:231 Kgs 10:12 Chr 9:1Isa 2:2Zech 8:23