1 Kings 4:1
Now Solomon was king over all Israel.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
In Context
2And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:15And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.
1 Kings 11:13Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.
1 Kings 12:19So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.
2 Chronicles 1:13So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.
Nehemiah 13:26Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:1
An instance of the wisdom God granted to Solomon we had in the close of the foregoing chapter. In this we have an account of his wealth and prosperity, the other branch of the promise there made him. We have here, I. The magnificence of his court, his ministers of state ( ver. 1-6 ), and the purveyors of his household ( ver. 7-19 ), and their office, ver. 27, 28 . II. The provisions for his table, ver. 22, 23 . III. The extent of his dominion, ver. 21-24 . IV. The numbers, case, and peace, of his subjects, ver.… Read the whole commentary →