{"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/dbt/1-kings/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:37:37.705Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, chronicler;"},{"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 superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount 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; he had Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Ahinadab the son of Iddo, at Mahanaim."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth."},{"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 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."},{"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 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."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"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 food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding 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 sons 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 spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Kings 4 (DBT)","markdown":"[1 Kings 4](https://primebible.com/dbt/1-kings/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/1-kings/4 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}