Verse 18

1 Kings 4:18

New King James Version

18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
Original Language Text
hebrew
שִׁמְעִ֥י בֶן אֵלָ֖א בְּ/בִנְיָמִֽן
English Translation
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel. Focus ↗
2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, Focus ↗
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. Focus ↗
4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: Focus ↗
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal offic... Focus ↗
6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. Focus ↗
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his househ... Focus ↗
8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: Focus ↗
9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: Focus ↗
10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: Focus ↗
11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: Focus ↗
12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zarta... Focus ↗
13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which ar... Focus ↗
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: Focus ↗
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: Focus ↗
16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: Focus ↗
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: Focus ↗
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, an... Focus ↗
20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and... Focus ↗
21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the... Focus ↗
22 And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of me... Focus ↗
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks,... Focus ↗
24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all... Focus ↗
25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to... Focus ↗
26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. Focus ↗
27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s tabl... Focus ↗
28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers... Focus ↗
29 And God (Elohim) gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even... Focus ↗
30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom... Focus ↗
31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons... Focus ↗
32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. Focus ↗
33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth ou... Focus ↗
34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had h... Focus ↗