CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Kings 4 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_kings/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_kings/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > 1 Kings 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/3.htm" title="1 Kings 3">◄</a> 1 Kings 4 <a href="../1_kings/5.htm" title="1 Kings 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch11004" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn11004" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Solomon’s Riches: Domestic Affairs.<a id="rfn11004001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11004001-1">*</a></span> <span id="v11004001" class="ver">1</span>Solomon was king over all Israel, <span id="v11004002" class="ver">2</span>and these were the officials he had in his service:</p> <ul style="list-style-type:none"> <li class="ulf">Azariah, son of Zadok, the priest;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004003" class="ver">3</span>Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, scribes;</li> <li class="ul">Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, the chancellor;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004004" class="ver">4</span>Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, in charge of the army;</li> <li class="ul">Zadok and Abiathar, priests;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004005" class="ver">5</span>Azariah, son of Nathan, in charge of the governors;</li> <li class="ul">Zabud, son of Nathan, priest and companion to the king;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004006" class="ver">6</span>Ahishar, master of the palace; and</li> <li class="ull">Adoniram, son of Abda, in charge of the forced labor.</li> </ul> <p><span id="v11004007" class="ver">7</span><a id="rfn11004007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11004007-1">*</a> Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel who supplied food for the king and his household, each having to provide for one month in the year. <span id="v11004008" class="ver">8</span>Their names were:<a id="rfn11004008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11004008-1">*</a></p> <ul style="list-style-type:none"> <li class="ulf">the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004009" class="ver">9</span>the son of Deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon Beth-hanan;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004010" class="ver">10</span>the son of Hesed in Arubboth, as well as in Socoh and the whole region of Hepher;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004011" class="ver">11</span>the son of Abinadab, in all Naphath-dor; he was married to Taphath, Solomon’s daughter;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004012" class="ver">12</span>Baana, son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth-shean near Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah to beyond Jokmeam;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004013" class="ver">13</span>the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead, having charge of the villages of Jair, son of Manasseh, in Gilead; and of the district of Argob in Bashan—sixty large walled cities with gates barred with bronze;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004014" class="ver">14</span>Ahinadab, son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004015" class="ver">15</span>Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he was married to Basemath, another daughter of Solomon;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004016" class="ver">16</span>Baana, son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004017" class="ver">17</span>Jehoshaphat, son of Paruah, in Issachar;</li> <li class="ul"><span id="v11004018" class="ver">18</span>Shimei, son of Ela, in Benjamin;</li> <li class="ull"><span id="v11004019" class="ver">19</span>Geber, son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan.</li> </ul> <p>There was one governor besides, in the land of Judah.<a id="rfn11004019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11004019-1">*</a> <span id="v11004020" class="ver">20</span><a id="ren11004020-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11004020-a">a</a> Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sands by the sea; they ate and drank and rejoiced.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>