# 1 Kings 4.3

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**Book:** [1 Kings](/codex/1-kings/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. And king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2. And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
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> **3. Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;**
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> 4. and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5. and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend; (1 Kings 4:1-5, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2. These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
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> **3. Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;**
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> 4. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5. Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend; (1 Kings 4:1-5, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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, <sup>priest: or, chief officer</sup>
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> **3. Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. <sup>scribes: or, secretaries</sup> <sup>recorder: or, remembrancer</sup>**
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> 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: (1 Kings 4:1-5, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. And king Solomon is king over all Israel, 2. and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest;
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> **3. Elihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer;**
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> 4. and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests; 5. and Azariah son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king; (1 Kings 4:1-5, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Ophel Inscription](/codex/ophel-inscription/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.