1 Kings 4:1
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
2 and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
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- BSB
- So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
- KJV
- So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
- WEB
- King Solomon was king over all Israel.
- ASV
- And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
- DARBY
- And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
- BLB
- And king Solomon was King over all Israel.
- ÅB
- Kong Salomo var konge over hele Israel.
- OTB
- Kong Salomo styrte hele Israel.
- B1930
- Kong Salomo var konge over hele Israel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 9:30
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Read in context1 Kings 12:19–20
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:38
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 1:12
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Read in context1 Kings 11:35–36
But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
Read in context1 Kings 11:13
Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
Read in context2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
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