Solomon’s rule extended over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and the boundary of Egypt. They brought Solomon tribute and were subject to him all his life.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ושלמה
381
היה
20
מושל
376
בכלהממלכות
593
מןהנהר
350
ארץ
291
פלשתים
860
ועד
80
גבול
41
מצרים
380
מגשים
393
מנחה
103
ועבדים
132
אתשלמה
776
כלימי
110
חייופ
114
I Kings 5:2
Gematria: 2997
ויהילחםשלמהליוםאחדשלשיםכרסלתוששיםכרקמח
Solomon’s daily provisions consisted of 30 kors of semolina, and 60 kors of [ordinary] flour,
10 fattened oxen, 20 pasture-fed oxen, and 100 sheep and goats, besides deer and gazelles, roebucks and fatted geese.afatted geese Exact meaning of Heb. uncertain.
For he controlled the whole region west of the Euphrates—all the kings west of the Euphrates, from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all his borders round about.
bResuming the account begun in 4.2. All those prefects, each during his month, would furnish provisions for King Solomon and for all who were admitted to King Solomon’s table; they did not fall short in anything.
He was wiser than anybody else—including Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalkol, and Darda the sons of Mahol. His fame spread among all the surrounding nations.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויחכם
84
מכלהאדם
140
מאיתן
501
האזרחי
231
והימן
111
וכלכל
106
ודרדע
284
בני
62
מחול
84
ויהישמו
377
בכלהגוים
116
סביב
74
I Kings 5:12
Gematria: 2800
וידברשלשתאלפיםמשלויהישירוחמשהואלף
He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand and five.
He discoursed about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; and he discoursed about beasts, birds, creeping things, and fishes.
King Hiram of Tyre sent his officials to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in place of his father; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
“You know that my father David could not build a house for the name of the ETERNAL his God because of the enemiesdenemies Heb. “war”; cf. Targum. that encompassed him, until GOD had placed them under the soles of his feet.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אתה
406
ידעת
484
אתדוד
415
אבי
13
כי
30
לא
31
יכל
60
לבנות
488
בית
412
לשם
370
יהוה
26
אלהיו
52
מפני
180
המלחמה
128
אשר
501
סבבהו
75
עד
74
תתיהוה
826
אתם
441
תחת
808
כפות
506
רגלו
239
רגלי
243
I Kings 5:18
Gematria: 1690
ועתההניחיהוהאלהילימסביבאיןשטןואיןפגערע
But now the ETERNAL my God has given me respite all around; there is no adversary and no mischance.
And so I propose to build a house for the name of the ETERNAL my God, as the ETERNAL promised my father David, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for My name.’
Please, then, give orders for cedars to be cut for me in the Lebanon. My servants will work with yours, and I will pay you any wages you may ask for your servants; for as you know, there is none among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
My servants will bring them down to the sea from the Lebanon; and at the sea I will make them into floats and [deliver them] to any place that you designate to me. There I shall break them up for you to carry away. You, in turn, will supply the food I require for my household.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
עבדי
86
ירדו
220
מןהלבנון
233
ימה
55
ואני
67
אשימם
391
דברות
612
בים
52
עדהמקום
265
אשרתשלח
1239
אלי
41
ונפצתים
676
שם
340
ואתה
412
תשא
701
ואתה
412
תעשה
775
אתחפצי
589
לתת
830
לחם
78
ביתי
422
I Kings 5:24
Gematria: 2596
ויהיחירוםנתןלשלמהעציארזיםועציברושיםכלחפצו
So Hiram kept Solomon provided with all the cedar and cypress wood he required,
and Solomon delivered to Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as provisions for his household and 20 korse20 kors Septuagint reads, “20,000 baths.” of beaten oil. Such was Solomon’s annual payment to Hiram.
He sent them to the Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 a month: they would spend one month in the Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישלחם
394
לבנונה
143
עשרת
970
אלפים
161
בחדש
314
חליפות
534
חדש
312
יהיו
31
בלבנון
140
שנים
400
חדשים
362
בביתו
420
ואדנירם
311
עלהמסס
265
I Kings 5:29
Gematria: 2276
ויהילשלמהשבעיםאלףנשאסבלושמניםאלףחצבבהר
Solomon also had 70,000 porters and 80,000 quarriers in the hills,