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1 Kings 4:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. "
1 Kings 4:21
Verse in Context
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19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.
20 Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
23 ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
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1 Kings 4:1
"King Solomon was king over all Israel."
1 Kings 4:2
"These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;"
1 Kings 4:3
"Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;"
1 Kings 4:4
"Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;"
1 Kings 4:5
"Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;"
1 Kings 4:6
"Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor."
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