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1 Kings 4:23-33

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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 1Gaza, 2over all the kings west of the River; and 3he had peace on all sides around about him.
25 4So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, 5from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 6Solomon had 40,000 * stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 * * horsemen.
27 Those deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon's table, each in his month; they left nothing * lacking.
28 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and 7swift steeds to the place where * it should be, each according to his charge.
29 Now 8God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, 9like the sand that is on the seashore *.
30 Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all 10the sons of the east and 11all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 For 12he was wiser than all men, than 13Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, 14Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.
32 15He also spoke 3,000 * proverbs, and his songs were 1,005 *.
33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.
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1 Kings 4:23-33 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 15

  • 1. Judges 1:18
  • 2. Psalms 72:11
  • 3. 1 Chronicles 22:9
  • 4. Jeremiah 23:6; Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10
  • 5. 1 Samuel 3:20
  • 6. 1 Kings 10:26; 2 Chronicles 1:14
  • 7. Esther 8:10, 14; Micah 1:13
  • 8. 1 Kings 3:12
  • 9. 1 Kings 4:20
  • 10. Genesis 29:1; Judges 6:33
  • 11. Isaiah 19:11; Acts 7:22
  • 12. 1 Kings 3:12
  • 13. 1 Chronicles 15:19; Ps 89: title
  • 14. 1 Chronicles 2:6
  • 15. Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 25:1; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Song of Songs 1:1

Footnotes 10

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