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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪上 4:18

以拉的兒子示每在便雅憫;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Commissary;   Elah;   King;   Officer;   Purveyor;   Rulers;   Shimei;   Solomon;   Tax;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;   Holy Land;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shimel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elah;   Shimei;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Book(s);   Economic Life;   Ela;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Shimei;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ela;   Government;   Havvoth-Jair;   Israel;   Shammah;   Shimei, Shimeites;   Solomon;   Tribute, Toll, Taxing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elah ;   Shimei ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'lah;   Shim'ei;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ela;   Elah (1);   Shammah;   Shimei;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Pottery;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
在 便 雅 悯 有 以 拉 的 儿 子 示 每 ;

Contextual Overview

1 King Solomon ruled over all Israel. 2 These are the names of his leading officers: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, recorded what happened in the courts; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud recorded the history of the people; 4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king; 6 Ahishar was responsible for everything in the palace; Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the labor force. 7 Solomon placed twelve governors over the districts of Israel, who gathered food from their districts for the king and his family. Each governor was responsible for bringing food to the king one month of each year. 8 These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben-Hur was governor of the mountain country of Ephraim. 9 Ben-Deker was governor of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Bethhanan. 10 Ben-Hesed was governor of Arubboth, Socoh, and all the land of Hepher.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shimei: 1 Kings 1:8, Zechariah 12:13

Benjamin: Joshua 18:20-28

Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch was 65 years old, he had a son named Methuselah.
Genesis 36:2
Esau married women from the land of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon the Hivite;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shimei the son of Elah in Benjamin. So described, to distinguish him from that Shimei that cursed David, who was of the same tribe; :-.


 
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