1 Kings 4:1
Now king Solomon was reigning over all of Israel.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
In Context
2And these were the leaders that he had: Azariah, the son of Zadok, the priest;
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all of Israel. And David accomplished judgment and justice with all his people.
1 Kings 11:13Neither will I take away the whole kingdom. Instead, I will grant one tribe to your son, for the sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
1 Kings 12:19And Israel drew away from the house of David, even to the present day.
2 Chronicles 1:13Then Solomon went from the high place of Gibeon to Jerusalem, before the tabernacle of the covenant, and he reigned over Israel.
Nehemiah 13:26“Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin in this kind of thing? And certainly, among many nations, there was no king similar to him, and he was beloved of his God, and God set him as king over all of Israel. And yet foreign women led even him into sin!
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 →