1 Kings 4

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 King Solomon was king of al Israel,	1 Solomon was king over all Israel,
2 and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok, priest;	2 and these were the officials he had in his service: Azariah, son of Zadok, priest;
3 Elihaph and Ahijah sons of Shisha, secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, herald.	3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, chancellor;
4 (Benaiah son of Jehoiada, commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar, priests);	4 (Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, commander of the army; Zadok and Abiathar, priests;)
5 Azariah son of Nathan, chief administrator; Zabud son of Nathan, Friend of the King;	5 Azariah, son of Nathan, chief of the commissaries; Zabud, son of Nathan, companion to the king;
6 Ahishar, master of the palace; Eliab son of Joab, commander of the army; Adoram son of Abda, incharge of forced labour.	6 Ahishar, major-domo of the palace; and Adoniram, son of Abda, superintendent of the forced labor.
7 Solomon had twelve administrators for al Israel who saw to the provisioning of the king and hishousehold; each had to provide for one month in the year.	7 Solomon had twelve commissaries for all Israel who supplied food for the king and his household, each having to provide for one month in the year.
8 These are their names: Son of Hur, in the mountain country of Ephraim.	8 Their names were: the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Son of Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, Beth-Hanan.	9 the son of Deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, Elon and Beth-hanan;
10 Son of Hesed, in Arubboth; his district was Socoh and the whole territory of Hepher.	10 the son of Hesed in Arubboth, as well as in Socoh and the whole region of Hepher;
11 Son of Abinadab, al the Slopes of Dor. Tabaath Solomon's daughter was his wife.	11 the son of Abinadab, who was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath, in all the Naphath-dor;
12 Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo as far as the other side of Jokmeam, and all Beth-Shean below Jezreel, from Beth-Shean as far as Abel-Meholah by Zarethan.	12 Baana, son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and beyond Jokmeam, and in all Beth-shean, and in the country around Zarethan below Jezreel from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah;
13 Son of Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead: his district was the Encampments of Jair son of Manasseh, which arein Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan: sixty fortified towns, wal ed and with bolts of bronze.	13 the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead, having charge of the villages of Jair, son of Manasseh, in Gilead; and of the district of Argob in Bashan--sixty large walled cities with gates barred with bronze;
14 Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim.	14 Ahinadab, son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he too married a daughter of Solomon, Basemath.	15 Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another daughter of Solomon, in Naphtali;
16 Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in the highlands.	16 Baana, son of Hushai, in Asher and along the rocky coast;
17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar.	17 Jehoshaphat, son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin.	18 Shimei, son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geber son of Uri, in the territory of Gad, the territory of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king ofBashan. In addition, there was one administrator in the country.	19 Geber, son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan. There was one prefect besides, in the king's own land.
20 Judah and Israel were numerous, as numerous as the sand on the sea-shore; they ate and drank andwere happy.	20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sands by the sea; they ate and drank and made merry.