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1 Kings 4:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
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Role in This Section
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech: “So king Solomon was king over all Israel.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Solomon's chief officials.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 4:1–6
Read 1 Kings 4:1 with 4:1–6. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Summarizes Solomon's kingship over the united realm; names Ahishar over the palace and Adoniram over compulsory labor.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 4:1 depends on 4:1–6; isolating “So king Solomon was king over all Israel” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Solomon's chief officials.”
Read 1 Kings 4:1–6 together
Why these verses belong together: Solomon's chief officials is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 4:1–4:6.
Verse 1. 1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
Verse 2. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
Verse 3. 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
Verse 4. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
Verse 5. 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
Verse 6. 6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Kings 4:1–6 — Solomon's chief officialsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Kings 4:1–6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 4:1–6
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