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1 Kings 4

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  1. 1So king Solomon was king over all Israel.11 cross-references: 1 Kings 12:19–20, 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Chronicles 12:38, Ecclesiastes 1:12, 1 Kings 11:35–36
  2. 2And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,9 cross-references: Exodus 18:21, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Chronicles 27:17, 2 Samuel 20:23–26, 2 Samuel 8:15–18
  3. 3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.12 cross-references: 2 Samuel 8:16, 1 Chronicles 18:15, 2 Samuel 20:24–25, 1 Chronicles 18:6, Isaiah 62:6
  4. 4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:8 cross-references: 1 Kings 2:35, 1 Kings 2:26–27
  5. 5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:15 cross-references: 2 Samuel 16:16, 1 Chronicles 27:33, 2 Samuel 15:37, 1 Kings 4:7, John 13:23
  6. 6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.11 cross-references: 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 12:18, 2 Samuel 20:24, 1 Kings 5:13–14
  7. 7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.8 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 27:1–15
  8. 8And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:3 cross-references: Joshua 24:33, Judges 19:1, Judges 17:1
  9. 9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:7 cross-references: 1 Samuel 6:12, Joshua 21:16, Joshua 19:42, Judges 1:35, 1 Samuel 6:20
  10. 10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:4 cross-references: Joshua 12:17, Joshua 15:35, Joshua 17:2
  11. 11The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:7 cross-references: Joshua 11:2, Joshua 12:23, Joshua 17:11, Judges 1:27
  12. 12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:23 cross-references: Joshua 17:11, Judges 5:19, Joshua 3:16, 1 Kings 19:16, 1 Samuel 31:10
  13. 13The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:18 cross-references: Numbers 32:41, Deuteronomy 3:4, 1 Kings 22:3, 2 Kings 9:14, Deuteronomy 3:8
  14. 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:7 cross-references: Joshua 13:26, 2 Samuel 17:24, Genesis 32:2, 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 17:27
  15. 15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:4 cross-references: 1 Samuel 18:18, 1 Kings 4:11, Joshua 19:32–39, 2 Samuel 15:27
  16. 16Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:2 cross-references: 2 Samuel 15:32, Joshua 19:24–31
  17. 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:1 cross-reference: Joshua 19:17–23
  18. 18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:4 cross-references: 1 Kings 1:8, Joshua 18:20–28, Zechariah 12:13
  19. 19Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.4 cross-references: Deuteronomy 2:26 – Deuteronomy 3:17, Joshua 13:9–12, Numbers 21:21–35
  20. 20Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.36 cross-references: Genesis 22:17, 1 Kings 3:8, Genesis 32:12, Zechariah 9:15, Isaiah 22:13
  21. 21And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.41 cross-references: Genesis 15:18, Joshua 1:4, Psalms 68:29, 1 Kings 4:24, Exodus 23:31
  22. 22And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
  23. 23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.3 cross-references: Nehemiah 5:17–18
  24. 24For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.28 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 22:9, Psalms 72:11, Genesis 10:19, 1 Kings 5:4, Isaiah 9:7
  25. 25And 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.27 cross-references: Micah 4:4, Zechariah 3:10, Judges 20:1, 2 Kings 18:31, Jeremiah 23:5–6
  26. 26And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.13 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 1:14, 2 Chronicles 9:25, 2 Samuel 8:4, 1 Kings 10:25–26, Psalms 20:7
  27. 27And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
  28. 28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.6 cross-references: Esther 8:10, Micah 1:13, Esther 8:14
  29. 29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.34 cross-references: 1 Kings 3:12, James 3:17, James 1:5, 1 Kings 4:20, James 1:17
  30. 30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.20 cross-references: Daniel 5:11–12, Genesis 25:6, Acts 7:22, Daniel 1:20, Job 1:3
  31. 31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.24 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 15:19, 1 Kings 3:12, Psalms 89:1–52, Matthew 12:42
  32. 32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.9 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 12:9, Matthew 13:35, Song of Solomon 1:1–17, Proverbs 1:1–31
  33. 33And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.15 cross-references: Psalms 51:7, 2 Kings 19:23, Psalms 92:12, Hebrews 9:19, Genesis 1:20–25
  34. 34And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.10 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 9:23, 1 Kings 10:1, Zechariah 8:23, Isaiah 2:2, 2 Chronicles 9:1

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People in 1 Kings 4

Solomon, Zadok, Ahilud, Judah, Azariah, Elihoreph, Ahiah, Shavsha, Jehoshaphat, Benaiah, Jehoiada, Abiathar, Azariah, Nathan, Zabud, Ahishar, Adoniram, Abda, son of Hur, Hur, Ephraim, son of Dekar, Dekar, son of Hesed

Places in 1 Kings 4

Bashan, Gilead, Euphrates, Egypt, United Kingdom of Israel, Makaz, Elonbeth-hanan, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, Arubboth, Hepher, Naphath-dor, Beth-shean, Abel-meholah, Zarethan, Taanach, Jokmeam, Jezreel, Megiddo, Ramoth-gilead, Argob, Mahanaim, Naphtali, Bealoth

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