Verse 31
1 Kings 4:31
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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 the surrounding nations.
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Chapter 4 Context
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So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
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And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
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Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehosaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal offic...
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And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
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And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his househol...
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And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
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The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
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The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
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The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:
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Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zarta...
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The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which ar...
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Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
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Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:
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Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
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Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
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Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
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Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and...
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Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and m...
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And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the bord...
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And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal.
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Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks,...
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For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all...
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And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to...
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And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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And those officers provided victuals for king Solomon, and for all that came to king Solomon's table...
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Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries they brought to the place where the officers we...
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And God (Elohim) gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sa...
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And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom...
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For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons...
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And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springeth out...
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And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had hea...
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