1 Kings 4:1
And King Salomon was King ouer all Israel.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
In Context
2And these were his princes, Azariah the sonne of Zadok the Priest,
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:15Thus Dauid reigned ouer all Israel, and executed iudgement and iustice vnto all his people.
1 Kings 11:13Howbeit I wil not rent all the Kingdome, but will giue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruant, and because of Ierusalem which I haue chosen.
1 Kings 12:19And Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid vnto this day.
2 Chronicles 1:13Then Salomon came from the hie place, that was at Gibeon, to Ierusalem from before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and reigned ouer Israel.
Nehemiah 13:26Did not Salomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? yet among many nations was there no King like him: for he was beloued of his God, and God had made him King ouer Israel: yet strange women caused him to sinne.
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 →