Verse 31
1 Kings 4:31
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People from all nations came to hear Solomon's wisdom. They were sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard about his wisdom.
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Chapter 4 Context
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These were his officials: Azariah, son of Zadok, was the priest;
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Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, were the king's secretaries. Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, kept...
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Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the army commander. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
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Azariah, son of Nathan, was in charge of the governors. Zabud, son of Nathan, was a priest and the k...
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Ahishar was the palace manager. Adoniram, son of Abda, was in charge of those forced to work for the...
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Solomon had twelve area governors whose responsibilities covered the whole of Israel, providing food...
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Their names were: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
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Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh and Elon-beth-hanan;
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Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher was his);
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Ben-abinadab, in the whole of Naphath-dor (Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
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Baana, son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, the whole of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, an...
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Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, son of Manasseh, in Gilead belonged to him, as well...
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Ahinadab, son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
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Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
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Baana, son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth;
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Jehoshaphat, son of Paruah, in Issachar;
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Shimei, son of Ela, in Benjamin;
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Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead (the former country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og...
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Judah and Israel had become as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They ate, they drank, they were...
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Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, right u...
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The food required every day for Solomon's court was thirty cors of the best flour and sixty cors of...
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ten fattened cattle, twenty range cattle, one hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roe deer, an...
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For Solomon ruled over the whole region west of the Euphrates, from Tiphsah to Gaza—over all the kin...
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During Solomon's lifetime, everyone in Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan to Beersheba. Each...
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Solomon had 40,000 stalls for his chariot horses, and 12,000 charioteers.
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Every month the area governors provided in turn food for King Solomon and all who ate at his table....
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God (Elohim) gave to Solomon wisdom, very great discernment, and understanding as extensive as the s...
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Solomon's wisdom was greater than that of all the Eastern wise men, greater than all of Egypt's wisd...
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He was wiser than anyone, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons o...
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He was able to discuss knowledge of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows in the...
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People from all nations came to hear Solomon's wisdom. They were sent by all the kings of the earth,...