البشارة

النص الإنكليزي

1 KINGS

الفصل 4

KG1 4-1	So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
KG1 4-2	And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
KG1 4-3	Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
KG1 4-4	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
KG1 4-5	And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
KG1 4-6	And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
KG1 4-7	And 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.
KG1 4-8	And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
KG1 4-9	The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
KG1 4-10	The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
KG1 4-11	The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
KG1 4-12	Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
KG1 4-13	The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; 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:
KG1 4-14	Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
KG1 4-15	Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
KG1 4-16	Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
KG1 4-17	Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
KG1 4-18	Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
KG1 4-19	Geber 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.
KG1 4-20	Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
KG1 4-21	And 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.
KG1 4-22	And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
KG1 4-23	Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
KG1 4-24	For 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.
KG1 4-25	And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
KG1 4-26	And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
KG1 4-27	And 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.
KG1 4-28	Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
KG1 4-29	And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
KG1 4-30	And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
KG1 4-31	For 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.
KG1 4-32	And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
KG1 4-33	And 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.
KG1 4-34	And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.