Solomon’s Twelve Officers
1 Kings 4:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
- KJV
- ¶ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
- WEB
- Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
- ASV
- And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
- LSV
- And Solomon has twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household—a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;
- YLT
- And Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household — a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;
- DBY
- And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
- DRC
- And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and for his household: for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year.
- GNV
- And Salomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vitailes for the King and his housholde: eche man had a moneth in the yeere to prouide vitailes.
- JPS
- And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
- LXXE
- And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one's turn came to supply for a month in the year.
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- Written (Ketiv): אֶחָד (“one”). Read aloud (Qere): הָאֶחָ֖ד (“the one”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads ָאֶחָ֖ד; read aloud (Qere) reads הָאֶחָ֖ד (“the one”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נִצָּבִים֙ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְאֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ חֹ֧דֶשׁ בַּשָּׁנָ֛ה יִהְיֶ֥ה עַל־אחד לְכַלְכֵּֽל׃Read aloud as (qere): הָאֶחָ֖ד
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ τῷ Σαλωμὼν δώδεκα καθεστάμενοι ἐπὶ πάντα Ἰσραήλ, χορηγεῖν τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ· μῆνα ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐγίνετο ἐπὶ τὸν ἕνα χορηγεῖν.
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👤 Solomon◆ Reign of Solomon
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- 1 Chronicles 27:1–15This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each…
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