Passage

1 Kings 4.3

Book: 1 Kings · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

And king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2. And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

3. Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

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

King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2. These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

3. Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

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

So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2. And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, ^{priest: or, chief officer}

3. Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. ^{scribes: or, secretaries} ^{recorder: or, remembrancer}

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

And king Solomon is king over all Israel, 2. and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest;

3. Elihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer;

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)

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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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Concepts:

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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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