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1 Kings 4
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
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Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
2And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
2And these were the princes which he had: Azarias, the son of Sadoc, the priest:
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
3Elihoreph, and Ahia, the sons of Sisa, scribes: Josaphat, the son of Ahilud, recorder:
4Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
4Banaias, the son of Joiada, over the army: and Sadoc, and Abiathar, priests.
5Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend;
5Azarias, the son of Nathan, over them that were about the king: Zabud, the son of Nathan, the priest, the king's friend:
6Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
6And Ahisar, governor of the house: and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.
7And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.
7And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and for his house hold: for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year.
8And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
8And these are their names: Benhur, in mount Ephraim.
9... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
9Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan.
10... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;
10Benhesed, in Aruboth: his was Socho, and all the land of Epher.
11... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.
11Benabinadab, to whom belonged all Nephath-Dor: he had Tapheth, the daughter of Solomon, to wife.
12Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;
12Bana, the son of Ahilud, who governed Thanac, and Mageddo, and all Bethsan, which is by Sarthana, beneath Jezrael, from Bethsan unto Abelmehula, over against Jecmaan.
13... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.
13Bengaber, in Ramoth Galaad: he had the town of Jair, the son of Manasses, in Galaad: he was chief in all the country of Argob, which is in Basan, threescore great cities with walls, and brazen bolts.
15Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
15Achimaas, in Nephthali: he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife.
19Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; and one overseer had authority over all the overseers who were in the land.
19Gaber, the son of Uri, in the land of Galaad, in the land of Sehon, the king of the Amorrhites, and of Og, the king of Basan, over all that were in that land.
20Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.
20Juda and Israel were innumerable, as the sand of the sea in multitude; eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
21And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.
21And Solomon had under him all the kingdoms, from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt: and they brought him presents, and served him all the days of his life.
22And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;
22And the provision of Solomon, for each day, was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;
23Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.
23Ten fat oxen, and twenty out of the pastures, and a hundred rams; besides venison of harts, roes, and buffles, and fatted fowls.
24For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.
24For he had all the country which was beyond the river, from Thaphsa to Gazan, and all the kings of those countries: and he had peace on every side round about.
25So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
25And Juda, and Israel, dwelt without any fear, every one under his vine, and under his fig tree, from Dan to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon.
26And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand for the saddle.
27And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.
27And the foresaid governors of the king fed them; and they furnished the necessaries also for king Solomon's table, with great care, in their time.
28And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.
28They brought barley also, and straw for the horses and beasts, to the place where the king was, according as it was appointed them.
29And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
29And God gave to Solomon wisdom, and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, as the sand that is on the sea shore.
30And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
30And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals, and of the Egyptians;
31For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
31And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda, the sons of Mahol, and he was renowned in all nations round about.
32He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
32Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.
33He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.
33And he treated about trees, from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.