{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/1-kings/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T20:47:37.575Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"1 Kings","bookSlug":"1-kings","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":22,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And king Solomon was king over all Israel."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him pertained'socoh, and all the land of Hepher);"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife);"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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 that was in the land."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Kings 4 (ASV)","markdown":"[1 Kings 4](https://primebible.com/asv/1-kings/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/1-kings/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}