I Kings 4
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וַֽיְהִי֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {ס}
vayehi hammelekh shelomoh melekh al-kol-yisra'el
King Solomon was now king over all Israel.
וְאֵ֥לֶּה הַשָּׂרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ עֲזַרְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־צָד֖וֹק הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ {ס}
ve'elleh hassarim asher-lo azaryahu ven-tsadoq hakkohen
These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok—the priest;
אֱלִיחֹ֧רֶף וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י שִׁישָׁ֖א סֹפְרִ֑ים {ס} יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־אֲחִיל֖וּד הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ {ס}
elikhoref va'akhiyyah bene shisha soferim yehoshafat ben-akhilud hammazkir
Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha—scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud—recorder;
וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א {ס} וְצָד֥וֹק וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִֽים׃ {ס}
uvenayahu ven-yehoyada al-hatsava vetsadoq ve'evyatar kohanim
Benaiah son of Jehoiada—over the army; Zadok and Abiathar—priests;
וַעֲזַרְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־נָתָ֖ן עַל־הַנִּצָּבִ֑ים {ס} וְזָב֧וּד בֶּן־נָתָ֛ן כֹּהֵ֖ן רֵעֶ֥ה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ {ס}
va'azaryahu ven-natan al-hannitsavim vezavud ben-natan kohen re'eh hammelekh
Azariah son of Nathan—in charge of the prefects; Zabud son of Nathan the priest—companion of the king;
וַאֲחִישָׁ֖ר עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת {ס} וַאֲדֹנִירָ֥ם בֶּן־עַבְדָּ֖א עַל־הַמַּֽס׃ {ס}
va'akhishar al-habbayit va'adoniram ben-avda al-hammas
Ahishar—in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda—in charge of the forced labor.
וְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נִצָּבִים֙ עַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְאֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ חֹ֧דֶשׁ בַּשָּׁנָ֛ה יִהְיֶ֥ה עַל־[הָאֶחָ֖ד] (אחד) לְכַלְכֵּֽל׃ {ס}
velishlomoh shenem-asar nitsavim al-kol-yisra'el vekhilkelu et-hammelekh ve'et-beto khodesh bashanah yihyeh al-[ha'ekhad] (khd) lekhalkel
Solomon had twelve prefects governing all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each had to provide food for one month in the year.
וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמוֹתָ֔ם בֶּן־ח֖וּר בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ {ס}
ve'elleh shemotam ben-khur behar efrayim
And these were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
בֶּן־דֶּ֛קֶר בְּמָקַ֥ץ וּבְשַׁעַלְבִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְאֵיל֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית חָנָֽן׃ {ס}
ben-deqer bemaqats uvesha'alvim uvet shamesh ve'elon bet khanan
Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
בֶּן־חֶ֖סֶד בָּאֲרֻבּ֑וֹת ל֥וֹ שֹׂכֹ֖ה וְכׇל־אֶ֥רֶץ חֵֽפֶר׃ {ס}
ben-khesed ba'arubbot lo sokhoh vekhol-erets khefer
Ben-hesed in Arubboth—he governed Socho and all the Hepher area;
בֶּן־אֲבִינָדָ֖ב כׇּל־נָ֣פַת דֹּ֑אר טָפַת֙ בַּת־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה הָ֥יְתָה לּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ {ס}
ben-avinadav kol-nafat dor tafat bat-shelomoh hayetah lo le'isha
Ben-abinadab, [in] all of Naphath-dor (Solomon’s daughter Taphath was his wife);
בַּֽעֲנָא֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיל֔וּד תַּעְנַ֖ךְ וּמְגִדּ֑וֹ וְכׇל־בֵּ֣ית שְׁאָ֡ן אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵ֨צֶל צָרְתַ֜נָה מִתַּ֣חַת לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִבֵּ֤ית שְׁאָן֙ עַ֚ד אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה עַ֖ד מֵעֵ֥בֶר לְיׇקְמְעָֽם׃ {ס}
ba'ana ben-akhilud tanakh umegiddo vekhol-bet she'an asher etsel tsaretanah mittakhat leyizre'el mibbet she'an ad avel mekholah ad me'ever leyoqme'am
Baana son of Ahilud [in] Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth-shean, which is beside Zarethan, below Jezreel—from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
בֶּן־גֶּ֖בֶר בְּרָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑ד ל֡וֹ חַוֺּת֩ יָאִ֨יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּגִּלְעָ֗ד ל֚וֹ חֶ֤בֶל אַרְגֹּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן שִׁשִּׁים֙ עָרִ֣ים גְּדֹל֔וֹת חוֹמָ֖ה וּבְרִ֥יחַ נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ {ס}
ben-gever beramot gilad lo khavvot ya'ir ben-menasheh asher baggilad lo khevel argov asher babbashan shishim arim gedolot khomah uveriakh nekhoshet
Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead—he governed the villages of Jair son of Manasseh that are in Gilead, and he also governed the district of Argob that is in Bashan, sixty large towns with walls and bronze bars;
אֲחִינָדָ֥ב בֶּן־עִדֹּ֖א מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃ {ס}
akhinadav ben-iddo makhanayemah
Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
אֲחִימַ֖עַץ בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑י גַּם־ה֗וּא לָקַ֛ח אֶת־בָּשְׂמַ֥ת בַּת־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ {ס}
akhima'ats benaftali gam-hu laqakh et-basemat bat-shelomoh le'isha
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he too took a daughter of Solomon—Basemath—to wife);
בַּֽעֲנָא֙ בֶּן־חוּשָׁ֔י בְּאָשֵׁ֖ר וּבְעָלֽוֹת׃ {ס}
ba'ana ben-khushay be'asher uve'alot
Baanah son of Hushi, in Asher and Bealoth;
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־פָּר֖וּחַ בְּיִשָּׂשכָֽר׃ {ס}
yehoshafat ben-paruakh beyissashkhar
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
שִׁמְעִ֥י בֶן־אֵלָ֖א בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ {ס}
shimi ven-ela bevinyamin
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;
גֶּ֥בֶר בֶּן־אֻרִ֖י בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֶ֜רֶץ סִיח֣וֹן ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֗י וְעֹג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֔ן וּנְצִ֥יב אֶחָ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
gever ben-uri be'erets gilad erets sikhon melekh ha'emori ve'og melekh habbashan unetsiv ekhad asher ba'arets
Geber son of Uri, in the region of Gilead, the country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; and one prefect who was in the land.
יְהוּדָ֤ה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ רַבִּ֔ים כַּח֥וֹל אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹ֑ב אֹכְלִ֥ים וְשֹׁתִ֖ים וּשְׂמֵחִֽים׃
yehudah veyisra'el rabbim kakhol asher-al-hayyam larov okhelim veshotim usemekhim
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sands of the sea; they ate and drank and were content.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.
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