1 Kings 4:15-25

15 ¹Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon );

16 Baana the son of ²Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

18 ³Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, ⁴the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.

Solomon's Power, Wealth and Wisdom

20 ⁵Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

21 ⁶Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms ⁷from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; ⁸they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,

23 ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides * deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

24 For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to ⁹Gaza, ¹⁰over all the kings west of the River; and ¹¹he had peace on all sides around about him.

25 ¹²So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, ¹³from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

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1 Kings 4:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 4

As in the preceding chapter we have a proof of the wisdom and understanding which the Lord gave to Solomon, as promised, so in this an account is given of the riches and honour he was possessed of; of him, as king over all Israel, and of his princes, 1Ki 4:1-6; of the providers of food for his household in the several parts of the land, 1Ki 4:7-19; of the largeness and extent of his dominions, and of the peace and prosperity thereof, 1Ki 4:20,21,24,25; of his daily provisions for his household and for his cattle, 1Ki 4:22,23,26-28; and of his superior wisdom and knowledge to all others in all nations, which brought some out of all to hear it, 1Ki 4:29-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. 2 Samuel 15:27
2. 2 Samuel 15:32
3. 1 Kings 1:8
4. Deuteronomy 3:8-10
5. Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12; 1 Kings 3:8
6. 2 Chronicles 9:26
7. Genesis 15:18; Joshua 1:4
8. 2 Samuel 8:2, 6
9. Judges 1:18
10. Psalms 72:11
11. 1 Chronicles 22:9
12. Jeremiah 23:6; Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10
13. 1 Samuel 3:20

Footnotes 12

[a]. Or "in Aloth"
[b]. Lit "sea"
[c]. Ch 5:1 in Heb
[d]. I.e. Euphrates
[e]. Lit "bread"
[f]. I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu
[g]. I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu
[h]. Lit "oxen of the pasture"
[i]. Lit "beyond"
[j]. I.e. Euphrates
[k]. Lit "beyond"
[l]. I.e. Euphrates