1 Kings 4:9
... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
In Context
8And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
10... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;
Cross References
Joshua 19:42And Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah
Joshua 21:16And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.
1 Samuel 6:9If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.
1 Samuel 6:20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:2-20
Solomon's Officers. ( b. c. 1014.) 1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 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: 6 And Ahishar was over the household:… Read the whole commentary →