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Solomon’s Twelve Officers

1 Kings 4:18

In 11 translations

BSB
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
KJV
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
WEB
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
ASV
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
LSV
Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin;
YLT
Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin.
DBY
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin.
DRC
Semei the son of Ela in Benjamin.
GNV
Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:
JPS
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
LXXE4:17
Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

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Original-language editions

WLC
שִׁמְעִ֥י בֶן־אֵלָ֖א בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃
LXX-Br4:17
Σεμεῒ υἱὸς Ἠλὰ ἐν τῷ Βενιαμίν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
  • Joshua 18:20–28On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah,…
  • Zechariah 12:13the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 4:17 in some Bibles
  • 4:18 in most Bibles

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