1 Kings 4:1
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, 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
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Read in context1 Kings 12:19–20
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:38
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 1:12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Read in context1 Kings 11:35–36
But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
Read in context1 Kings 11:13
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake 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 and three years over all Israel and Judah.
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