1 Kings 4:22-23 KJV,ASV

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Kings 4:20-28

Solomon's Riches and Power v. 20. Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, according to the prophecy of Jehovah, Genesis 22:17, eating and drinking and making merry, happy under the wise and beneficent rule of Solomon, v. 21. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river, the great river Euphrates, unto the land of the Philistines, in the southwest, along the Mediterranean, and unto the border of Egypt, in the south; they brought presents, they were... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Kings 4:1-34

B.—Solomon’s officers, household, and his high intellectual culture1 Kings 4:1-34 (1 Kings 4:1; 1 Kings 5:14)1, 2So king Solomon was king over all Israel. And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest.1 3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons2 of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests; 5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and 6Zabud the son of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 4:1-34

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Kings 9:1-28 ; 1 Kings 10:1-29 ; 1 Kings 11:1-43 ; 1 Kings 12:1-33 ; 1 Kings 13:1-34 ; 1 Kings 14:1-31 ; 1 Kings 15:1-34 ; 1 Kings 16:1-34 From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 4:1-34

Solomon set himself to a careful organization of his kingdom. The system of government as here set forth is characterized by order, and, indeed, is in many ways remarkable. The king was supreme in authority. He gathered around him, however, a company of officers of state, each having his own department, for which he was held responsible. To express them in the language of today, we might say that they consisted of a high pries!, two state secretaries, a national historian, and a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 4:22-28

The Prosperity, Safety And Security Of Solomon’s Reign (1 Kings 4:22-28 ). There were few periods in Israel’s history when they enjoyed unbroken peace with no enemies coming over the horizon to spoil them, but Solomon’s long reign was one of them. For the common people there was not even a whiff of danger. Such battles as there were occurred far away. And so they prospered and felt secure. And that prosperity was reflected in the quantity of supplies constantly provided to the king for his... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 4:1-34

1 Kings 3:1 to 1 Kings 4:34 . Early Days, Reign, and Wisdom of Solomon.— The sources of this section are various, and the arrangement of the narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are ( a) a statistical account of Solomon s reign, referred to, apparently in 1 Kings 11:41, as “ the book of the acts of Solomon” ; ( b) a number of narratives about this reign; ( c) several Deuteronomic additions— e.g. 1 Kings 3:6; 1 Kings 3:14, etc.: and ( d) some very late passages, possibly originally... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 4:22

Thirty measures, Heb. cors; each of which contained ten ephahs, Exodus 16:36. So this provision was sufficient for near three thousand persons. Meal, of a coarser sort, for common use, and for the inferior sort. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 4:23

Ten fat oxen, fitted in stalls. Out of the pastures; well fleshed, tender, and good, though not so fat as the former. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 4:1-28

THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRECRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—The list of officers in Solomon’s kingdom (1 Kings 4:2-19) seems to have been inserted without belonging to the narrative; for 1 Kings 4:1 connects itself naturally with 1 Kings 4:20, and the record moves on consecutively. The list supplies internal evidence that it belongs to the later period of Solomon’s reign, and not to this early portion of his career; for it includes two officers who had daughters of Solomon for their... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 4:1-34

Chapter 4Now as we get into chapter four, we have listed here those princes that were prominent during the reign of Solomon, and then the twelve officers who were over all of Israel who provided the food for the king's household, each man in a month of the year. So he had twelve men and each of them were responsible to provide the food for one month during the year. Sounds like a pretty good job. You work one month and you have eleven months vacation. No really, they were probably trying to... read more